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Update 2.25.08:

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We feature over 200 links to various resources, separated into categories for easier navigation. You will find many of these resources on the literary links page. On the opportunities page we offer links to job opportunities for writers; some are freelance opportunities, while others are positions advertised. Of course, there's an events page informing writers (and readers) of poetry events ranging from open mics to venues featuring well known writers.

However, we feel our best feature is found on the new submissions page. This is where you will find your poetry, especially if you are an unpublished and newer poet. We continue to add poems from poets like Mariano Zaro and Art Gomez. And this month, we have three new poets: Lee Beltrand Chan, Branden Boyer, and Joshua Simon. If you would like to submit a poem to our site, follow the instructions on that page. One note: all poetry submitted will published at the sole discretion of the seattle muse.

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empty

there were six or seven pictures
on the wall to begin with
the charcoal print of christ
laughing his head off
the little red motorcycle
and its small blond-haired rider
only the one of you and me
has come down
now the wall looks bare

lots of stuff's been packed
into this room
sixteen by eighteen feet
filled with a
king size bed
a dresser
three bookcases
the large desk you bought me
one wing back chair
three lamps
and still it feels empty

like the room the closet is crammed
a water heater some fool decided made sense in there
boxes of shoes, christmas wrap
an old suitcase
filled with a lifetime of photos
slacks and jeans and shirts and
coats and ties
but I'm sure a few skirts and blouses
would easily fit

I live at the desk
where I write and work
under the green bankers lamp
while I talk with people
from around the world
there's a lot of minutiae on that desk
but no room for your picture

a smaller place might be more comfortable.