Crowned with Corona-Riantee Rand

Crowned with Corona-Riantee Rand

Riantee Rand Bio: I was born in Paris, France and my first book of poetry was published there. After traveling around the world with Redmond and Mardiah Gleeson for a year, my husband Charles and I settled in Aspen, Colorado where I began writing in English. After...
R.I.P. Poet Michael McClure

R.I.P. Poet Michael McClure

Michael McClure died Monday, May 4, 2020, at his home in the Oakland hills. The San Francisco Chronicle was quick with an obituary that started: Michael McClure, the young poet recruited to put together the famed Six Gallery readings in 1955 that launched the San...
Coronavirus Murals in Vancouver, BC

Coronavirus Murals in Vancouver, BC

A bit of news from north of the border from Subud journalist Hadani Ditmars:   (A new mural by Smokey Devil, aka James Hardy, a neighbourhood street artist who for 20 years has been documenting the ravages of drug addiction in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood...
SICA-USA Supports Poetry Postcard Fest

SICA-USA Supports Poetry Postcard Fest

SICA-USA has awarded POPO, the August POetry POstcard Fest a grant to support this international festival (created by a Subud member, your SICA-USA webmaster) and encourages Subud poets around the world to join the fest. In year 14, the festival involves poets (of all...
Subud Byrd Connection

Subud Byrd Connection

From Eli Dokson: Hi Paul, I enjoy your weekly SICA USA News emails – keep em coming. Here’s something you might find interesting  – In the latest edition of GuitarPlayer magazine (circulation of 134,000+), May 2020, their monthly column Five Acts of a...