by Ryukan | Jul 2, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
SEATTLE, WA, July 02, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ — Cascadia Poetics Lab invites anyone interested in writing and receiving personal, original poetry to participate from July 4th-August 31st, 2023, by writing daily poems on postcards and sharing them with other...
by Ryukan | Jul 2, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From Sally Hedges-Blanquez: I just opened some empty boxes, flattened them, & chopped away with my old school paper cutter. Instead of 3 boxes bound for the recycle bin,I’ve got 6 postcards and some small scraps that are perfect to use for making my grocery list...
by Ryukan | Jul 1, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
What a joy to engage Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs for a Cascadian Prophets podcast interview. I hosted her at Casa del Colibrí on June 15, 2023 and discussed her book: ¿how many indians can we be? Here is my introduction: ¿cuantos indios podemos ser? is the title of the...
by Ryukan | Jun 29, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Ace Administrative Assistant Veronica Martinez has created a Cliff Notes version of the June 4, 2023 Poetry Postcard Fest Open House. See: As of this morning Group 15 is not quite full and final lists will go out to all groups that are full (1-14) as the fest begins...
by Ryukan | Jun 29, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
In 2017 the great Zen poet Norman Fischer had this Facebook post: Poems are not necessarily supposed to do you any good. People think that poems have some meaning embedded in them and that the meaning can do you some good. But I think it’s the opposite: if poems do...