Suzanne Bottelli's poetic moments of watery quiet

Each day during the month of April, KUOW is highlighting the work of Seattle-based poets for National Poetry Month. In this series curated by Seattle Civic Poet and Ten Thousand Things host Shin Yu Pai, you'll find a selection of poems for the mind, heart, senses, and soul.

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uzanne Botelli's poem "What the Dog Saw" is rooted in and suffused with the watery quiet that can characterize some Seattle moments, bringing some consolation to difficult days.

Bottelli’s poems and book reviews have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Scoundrel Time, The Literary Review, Fine Madness, The International Examiner, and Prairie Schooner, among others. She is the author of two chapbooks, "The Feltville Formation" (Finishing Line Press) and "American Grubble" (Ravenna Press). She teaches ESL and coordinates the Education Program at Casa Latina in Seattle.