Poet introduction (2)

"Public" comes from the Latin populus for people. Public are activities done for the people, in front of the people, publicly.

"Pub" is short for public drinking house -- a place where people can talk publicly, discuss public matters. I imagined the People's Party was started in a pub. When I check Wikipedia, I found it's not true but did find that the third governor of Washington state elected in 1897 was a member of the People's Party. Mostly a Western states movement, members of the People's Party were known as Populists.

Populists appeal to the common public and not established interests. Today's poet's appeal is his poetry -- what people are concerned with, not what the establishment expects.

Cody Walker ...