by Ryukan | Sep 7, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
We are humbled and grateful to La Sala for their support of the 10th Cascadia Poetry Festival, October 9-11, 2026, at the Rainier Beach Community Club and Kubota Garden. As a way of supporting the festival in accordance with their mission, they are helping to pay for...
by Ryukan | Sep 7, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Cascadia Poetry Festival
On a bluebird morning, we left the stunning beauty and stillness of Chinook Beach Park on Lake Washington to walk up to Kubota Gardens. A public park since 1987, the 20-acre gardens are the legacy of Japanese immigrant Fujitaro Kubota. His is a story of persistence...
by Ryukan | Sep 3, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Our end-of-the-fest open mic had many surprising moments, from impressions of a chicken’s “moancluck” to batshit poems written while drunk to an opportunity to send a postcard to the former First Lady of Iceland. With a continuum from beginners to...
by Ryukan | Sep 1, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Dear Postcard Poet, I’ve read reports on social media about people dropping their last few postcards into a mailbox yesterday and so the fest is not REALLY over, but here at the bioregional HQ of the Cascadia Poetics Lab, we’re focused on 2027 which will...
by Ryukan | Aug 27, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
subDuctiOn 1) a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth’s mantle at the convergent boundaries between tectonic plates. 2) A reading series that reflects an emerging biodemocracy displacing a...
