On Sunday November 3, 2024, we opened the last day of the 8th Cascadia Poetry Festival with a reading inside Neukom Vivarium at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, WA. Gathering around the majestic 60 foot-long nurse log, we enjoyed readings by Robert Michael Pyle, Sharon Hashimoto and Matt Trease, with introductions by Jason Wirth and Paul Nelson. Below are audio recordings of the reading for you to enjoy! Many thanks to Zach Charles for capturing the audio!
Writing poetry in a time of crisis, Ukraine, postcards.”War tries to destroy culture because culture sustains identity and memory. Literature is not only a victim of war, it is an instrument of survival, resistance, witnessing – and, sometimes, welcome refuge…”
Notes on the last Poetry Postcard Activation for 2026 at Pritchard Beach in Seattle.
The last 2026 Poetry Postcard Activation is set for June 6 from 11a-1pm at Pritchard Beach in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood with postcard collage making, future-centric poetry prompts, local history and a vision for the venue in the future.
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