by Ryukan | Jun 1, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
11a-1p, Saturday, June 6 is your last time to hang out with other postcard poets, learn about the area’s local history and create some collages for your 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest season. It’s year 20 and we felt that fact deserved a bit of celebration....
by Ryukan | May 30, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Our last Poetry Postcard Activation of the year is set for Saturday, June 6, 2026, at Pritchard Beach. We’ll have postcard collage supplies, a postcard prompt provided by Cascadia 2050 and a talk about the history of the spot and plans to make it a waterfront...
by Ryukan | May 28, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
I met Barry McKinnon at a Gwillim Lake Writing Retreat near Tumbler Ridge in 2008. This is north of Prince George, maybe six hours west of Edmonton deep in the mountains. I worked in forestry at the time like many others in the area, and saw the poster in town in...
by Ryukan | May 23, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, News
We celebrated Cascadia Day 2026 at Vermillion with Andy Engelson at the Cascadia Journal/Cascadia Democratic Action and Wade Atkinson took some amazing photos! Thanks Wade! See the gallery here: https://wade.pixieset.com/cascadiadaypoetry/ Here are a few to whet yr...
by Ryukan | May 20, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, News
The Cascadia Day Poetry Explosion, organized by Andy Engelson of Cascadia Journal and Cascadia Democratic Action was a brilliant evening of creative language and community. In his Cascadia Journal report, Andy wrote: Last night’s Cascadia Day celebration of...