Mampel, Arthur
Arthur Mampel is a poet who lives in Seattle, Washington.
Just To Be In Skin Deserves A Medal, Fall 1999
A Wild Surmise, Winter 2000
Poems for Claire, Summer 2006
Sleepy Head; Her Majesty; Gift Giver; Moclips
Poems for Claire, Christmas 2006
The Value of Poetry, Christmas 2006
I was asked by the editors of Pietisten to be the new poetry editor. It would be presumptuous and impossible for me to replace Bruce Carlson, but I do agree to tell why I think poetry is a necessary emphasis and should continue in your wonderful periodical.
We Who Were Beautiful, Spring 2007
Poetry Corner, Spring 2007
Walter Brueggemann in his excellent book, Finally Comes The Poet speaks about the danger of muteness in our society. Brueggemann says, “Moses and Israel had learned that muteness leads to brick quotas” (p. 55).
Poetry Corner, Christmas 2007
When I teach a poetry workshop, I ask the students to free their minds and try to imagine a place in their lives that they retreat to when they want solitude and reflection, a place where they can clear their minds of everydayness, where they can think new thoughts. It may be a bench in the park, or their private room, or a walk by the lake, or in the library. I tell them that when they have imagined such a place they are to describe it in as many one syllable words as they can put on a single sheet of paper.