Poetry reading a harbinger of spring

Having the WA 129 poetry reading on your schedule is a good idea. It is not every day that a town of 900 and a zip code consisting of all of 4,000 people gets a group of noteworthy poets to visit, much less gather for a reading. Go.

We just celebrated Art’s Alive. Come May, we need to go all out for the Skagit River Poetry Festival. No exaggeration: it is a world class event (full disclosure: I am on the board of the Foundation).

For Saturday, brace yourselves. Be brave. I make attempts at writing poetry and I find listening to poetry difficult. It is an acquired taste. That is what an aesthet...