The Excellence of Tradition

 

Howard Nelson on stage at aaduna's Halloween Gala Fundraiser, October 31, 2019
 Carriage House Theater, Auburn, NY 

In every community whether seen as a country, state, county, big city or small town, there are creative people who have an extended their creativity instincts to such an height that they are considered giants in their creative field. Interestingly, when the public may deem such creatives as being at the pinnacle of their artistry, these folks keep pushing the creative envelope. They continue to explore new nuances and themes, as well as re-interpreting what as been accepted as excellence in their field. These traits make them exciting people “to watch” since their creativity enables the public to explore personal concepts and attitudes of the relationship between artistic merit and life’s daily dynamics. 

Howard Nelson (photo credit:  Lisa Brennan)

Howard Nelson has lived in Cayuga County since 1970. Born in New Jersey in 1947, he was educated at Gettysburg College and Hollins College. He moved to the Finger Lakes region of New York in 1970 to take a faculty position at Cayuga Community College, an institution he retired from with the rank of professor emeritus. He is married and has three grown children. His collections of poems are Creatures (1983), Singing into the Belly (1990), Gorilla Blessing (1993), Bone Music (1997), and The Nap by the Waterfall (2009. His poems have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies and read on Garrison Keillor’s “Writer’s Almanac.” All the Earthly Lovers: Selected & New Poems was published in 2014. 

Mr. Nelson’s poem “The Moon” was published in the 20th anniversary issue of Northern Woodlands magazine, and he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for “Best of Small Press Publications for 2014.” He also writes criticism and essays and is the author of “Robert Bly: An Introduction to the Poetry” and editor of My Likeness: Nature Poetry of Walt Whitman. He contributed to Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia. Howard is a member of the Thoreau Society, and his recent pieces on Thoreau have appeared in “The Thoreau Society Bulletin.” He continues to read at several venues throughout the United States. His new collection of poems, “The Need Is Great,” is due out in 2023. 

Nelson has appeared at every aaduna fundraiser.

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