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...
by Ryukan | Aug 26, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
On September 1, 2026, from 5-6:30pm PDT we’ll have an open mic for 2026 PPF participants only. It will be the day after the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest officially ends and hopefully by 5pm you will have signed up for year 21, starting July 4, 2027. Please bring...
by Ryukan | Aug 26, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
I got word from Richard Meadows that John Brehm died August 24, 2026. In 2022 (see below) I had a chance to interview him, publish a couple of his poems in Cascadian Zen Volume I and read with him in Portland for Cascadian Zen. A kind man who had a tough time the last...
by Ryukan | Aug 18, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
From David Gilmour: “Very sad news for Thursday, 13th August 2026: Koon Woon, aka Paper Son, departed just after 1:00 pm. Calling the shots himself, accompanied by his loving, comforting family and friends, assisted by his dearest friend and ex-wife, Susan...
