by Ryukan | Oct 29, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Postcard poet Richard Osler died last night. Huge thanks to all postcard poets who wrote & sent a postcard poem to this fine human and poet. He accepted death like no one I have ever known. A book, his last love letter to life entitled What Holiness Will I Bring,...
by Ryukan | Oct 1, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
“A few months after the entry of the United States into World War II, the Government of the United States without a shred of evidence of misconduct or disloyalty…” arrested 120,000 West Coast residents of Japanese ancestry and put them into concentration camps. I...
by Ryukan | Sep 1, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
Barry McKinnon died in Prince George, BC, on October 30, 2023. Your humble narrator drove to Prince George in July 2015 to conduct an interview with one of the most underrated Cascadian poets ever. A man who, in Gary Snyder’s words, “stayed put and watched...
by Ryukan | Aug 1, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
Jerome Rothenberg was a legendary poet, translator and anthologist. His work on various poetry anthologies, including Poems for the Millennium were an inspiration for our Cascadian Zen series. He died on April 21, 2024 and we’re presenting this archive audio of...
by Ryukan | Jul 3, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Caring Bridge for Richard Osler “Did you know, a quick comment can boost morale by 28.2%”— Caring Bridge Longtime Poetry Postcard Fest participant Richard Osler has been diagnosed with Stage Four esophageal cancer. It has spread to his liver and lymph nodes and he has...
