The Daily Astorian on Fisher Poets Gathering 2013

Posted by Tele on March 1, 2013 in Commercial Fishing, Culture, Reading & Writing | 4 comments

Some of you have asked how Fisher Poets went last week­end. I haven’t been able to write about it yet — have barely been able to think about it, with­out a giant, goofy grin, swelling heart, nos­tal­gic sigh. The afterglow’s still burn­ing pretty brightly. For­tu­nately, the Daily Asto­rian put together a good arti­cle that sums it up nicely. They made a great video, too, which includes clips of per­for­mances by Cary Jones, Jason Doan, Moe Bow­stern, Erin Fris­tad, Bil­lie Delaney, Lloyd Mont­gomery, Jon Brod­er­ick & Jay Speak­man, Ray Troll & the Rat­fish Wran­glers, and me. It’s worth the four-minute watch.

Fish­ers Hook the Crowd with Tal­ent Dur­ing Fish­er­Po­ets Gathering

Also, thanks to the Daily Asto­rian for another good arti­cle, “Peb­ble Mine Oppo­nents Gather Dur­ing Fisher Poets Event.”  Thanks to the many biol­o­gists, pro­fes­sors, fish­eries experts, and per­form­ers who spoke up for Bris­tol Bay.

Long­time Hooked read­ers may remem­ber the series of FPG posts I sub­jected you to last March, when I couldn’t stop writ­ing about it for weeks after. It’s a pretty safe bet that there’ll be a few more posts like that this year, too. I wouldn’t have imag­ined that our sec­ond year attend­ing could top the first, but it did — thanks to the over­whelm­ing spirit of gen­eros­ity, inclu­sion, and tal­ent that we found every­where we went. Par­tic­i­pat­ing has been an honor, and learn­ing from my fel­low per­form­ers — elders and green­horns alike — has been a priv­i­lege. There are an awful lot of words I’d like to use to relive this expe­ri­ence, but really, it all comes down to just a few. Awe. Grat­i­tude. Love.

Photo by Pat Dixon.

(The last week­end of Feb­ru­ary, sweet­ies. There’s no shame in mark­ing your cal­en­dar now… I have.)