Post #1358005
2026-04-15 23:30 UTC
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@MarkBrigham@universeodon.com 2026-04-19 00:44
When a Poet Dies When a poet dies nothing happens. A lesser poet breakfasting on coffee and a cherry strudel picks up a newspaper, turns pages to pass time. After breakfast she will sit down to write. Thus begins the one-poem book "When a Poet Dies." This is a tribute to the poet William Stafford (Jan 1914--Aug 1993), but it’s also just a darn good story about poets and how they affect the world. #poetry #RedDragonflyPress #MNastodon
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@MarkBrigham@universeodon.com 2026-04-19 01:38
Some scenes from today, 1: I attended the letterpress sale and got some artisan papers for a nature center that can use them for programs. Several letterpress folks were there picking up heavy equipment. (Scott even designed his own fonts and poured molten lead into molds to create them.) #poetry #poets #RedDragonfly #RedDragonflyPress #letterpress #MNastodon #Minnesota #arts #LetterpressPublishing
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@MarkBrigham@universeodon.com 2026-04-15 23:32
Scott King started Red Dragonfly Press, and ran it as a passion, to elevate regional & nature-oriented poets. Scott was a friend and grad school peer until he decided to quit science and pursue poetry and literature “to save his soul.” A remarkable polymath, naturalist, writer, publisher. He and I were scheming to get back together & amble in nature when he died unexpectedly 5 years ago. You can still get some of Red Dragonfly Press’s pubs at https://www.reddragonflypress.org/