by Ryukan | Apr 17, 2022 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
We caught up via Zoom with Hoa Nguyen on April 14, 2022 for an interview. Not everyone can say their mother was part of an all woman motorcycle troupe in Vietnam in the 1950s, but Hoa Nguyen can. If you think that it would be the kind of personal mythology out of...
by Ryukan | Apr 14, 2022 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
It has the potential to be quite a place to experience Seattle at its best. Right on Lake Washington, with views of the Cascade Mountains, a modest greenbelt with indigenous plants like Indian Plum and right off the 7 bus line. Chinook Beach Park is quite a place,...
by Ryukan | Feb 25, 2022 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
What a delight to interview John Brehm in his Portland home, Thursday, February 24, 2022. There are a couple of wonderful blurbs for his new book The Dharma of Poetry: How Poems Can Deepen Your Spiritual Practice and Open You To Joy. David Hinton said: “There is a...
by Ryukan | Feb 12, 2022 | Blog
The next round of online workshops begins March 3, 2022 with the first of five sessions that happen Thursdays from 4-6pm. The workshops started during the pandemic and were geared for people who have participated in the Poetry Postcard Fest, or for those who wanted a...
by Ryukan | Feb 1, 2022 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Our intrepid interviewer Ina Roy caught up with two time participant, Colorado resident Lawrence Pevec, to discuss his experience with the Poetry Postcard Fest. He talked about his main focus, the art on the card itself. He has created encaustics and that created the...
