September 17, 2006
The Poetess of Green Lake
If you've walked around Green Lake on recent Sunday, you've probably seen the Poetess sitting in her booth. (just south of the Bathhouse Theatre on the Aurora side of the path). Her name is A. K. Allin and she has a blog.
Comments
1. Seeing that "POET" sign on her table reminds me of that character in the Red Dwarf series who plays a hologram and has an "H" plastered on his forehead, just so you'll be sure to know what he is.
Posted by: Misty on September 17, 2006 02:02 PM
2. I saw her today, too, and I think her project and blog are interesting - and without the sign, people walking by wouldn't know who she is or what she's doing and might not talk to her (which seems to be a point of the excercise).
She's not sucking down public grants, she's doing this on her own time and money, and her blog is nice. Overall, a pleasant, thought provoking addition to the park
I wish her the best with her project (and wonder what she's going to do on the Sundays it rains? Brrrr.)
Posted by: Green Lake Walker on September 17, 2006 03:14 PM
3. She said she'd go to Sherwood Forest when it rains.
Posted by: Organization Man on September 17, 2006 03:22 PM
4. Seing the poet sign on the table reminded me of Lucy...THE POET IS IN.
Posted by: South County on September 17, 2006 04:21 PM
5. Maybe I'm just old fashioned or something, but I wouldn't call that poetry. Pleasant musings, yes. Journal or diary stuff, maybe. Poetry? Not even close.
Posted by: katomar on September 17, 2006 04:30 PM
6. Poetry! Getcher poetry here! Three bucks a couplet or two for five!
Posted by: ScottM on September 17, 2006 04:46 PM
7. Well best of luck to her! There are simply not enough poets in this world in which we live.
Posted by: GS on September 17, 2006 06:42 PM
8. Why is this innocent apolitical literary soul front & center in this gotcha conservative blog? Perhaps it's to attract ridicule by your resident flamers to a person you want to frame as a Seattle liberal. This is mean, Stefan.
Posted by: sartre on September 17, 2006 07:55 PM
9. Sorry to disappoint you, "sartre". I posted this because I chatted with the poet today and found her to be a thoughtful and interesting person. This is a slice of Seattle life, a weekend diversion from the usual political coverage.
You're the one who's mean.
Posted by: Stefan Sharkansky on September 17, 2006 08:04 PM
10. RE: #8, sartre, I suspect the nice poet is a conservative. After all her clothing is color coordinated. Stefan was kind to we blogee's. It nice to see her.
Posted by: Bwana on September 17, 2006 08:08 PM
11. Folks like Sartre, always tolerant and non-judgmental. Or at least that's what they claim.
Interesting Stefan. Thanks.
Posted by: Jeff B. on September 17, 2006 08:10 PM
12. au contraire, Stef, I'm delighted you meant the poet no ridicule. Did you go to church this morning and have such a crisis of empathy that you forsook your conservative brethren with their usual, "if it ain't Kipling, it ain't poetry"?
You are a well-known meanie, but it's refreshing you're willing to reform. Had the poet been a black kid rapping his heart out, or dressed in the rags of the homeless- what your reaction then? Posted by: sartre on September 17, 2006 10:59 PM
You are a well-known meanie, but it's refreshing you're willing to reform. Had the poet been a black kid rapping his heart out, or dressed in the rags of the homeless- what your reaction then? Posted by: sartre on September 17, 2006 10:59 PM
13. Sartre, just stop trying to paste a knee-jerk racist label on everyone who disgrees with your political outlook. Nobody's buying it. In fact, it's so tired that you can rip that page out of your liberal playbook, since everyone's heard it too many times to take it seriously.
Posted by: Common Sense Rides Again on September 17, 2006 11:26 PM
14. what's she doin' at a desk?
is she nuts or just a pesk?
some folks might get mad & rattle;
i remember it's just Seattle!
Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on September 18, 2006 01:48 AM
is she nuts or just a pesk?
some folks might get mad & rattle;
i remember it's just Seattle!
Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on September 18, 2006 01:48 AM
15. i guess poetry also hath charms to soothe the savage beast!
Posted by: libbertine on September 18, 2006 10:43 AM
16. Jimmie-
Ohhh! Dem are some bee-u-tee-ful woids. Ahh!
Seriously, this represents the part of Seattle that I grew up with. Seattle used to have good, nice and even quirky people and places. Safe streets and it used to be filled with Seattlites.
Posted by: Jeffro on September 18, 2006 02:56 PM
17. yea, Jeffro--no worries here--i'm a live/let live guy except for bums, tent cities, beggars on corners etc; she's fine; part of the quilt;
in fact i like her waaaay more than the goofballs I see near the high schools now bitching about military recruiting; who do they think will stop the throat-cutters? Barney or Care Bears?
so....
let her pen her craft-
don't want my neck cut in halft-
use our military aircraft. Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on September 18, 2006 04:02 PM
in fact i like her waaaay more than the goofballs I see near the high schools now bitching about military recruiting; who do they think will stop the throat-cutters? Barney or Care Bears?
so....
let her pen her craft-
don't want my neck cut in halft-
use our military aircraft. Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on September 18, 2006 04:02 PM
18. I like this lady--she does no harm;
she probably has political charm;
she may even appeal to voters and Sequims,
and her desk is HERE, unlike Bagdhad Jim's. Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on September 19, 2006 10:14 AM
she probably has political charm;
she may even appeal to voters and Sequims,
and her desk is HERE, unlike Bagdhad Jim's. Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on September 19, 2006 10:14 AM
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