by Ryukan | May 16, 2015 | Blog
There are two short and very sweet write-ups on the recent Cascadia Poetry Festival staged in Nanaimo, BC, on Vancouver Island Apr 30-May 3. The first by young poet Winter Darbley starts: I knew that I was going to have fun the minute I walked up to the campus and saw...
by Ryukan | May 14, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I love this notion of pre-bedtime suggestions. I have been doing that the last few months, or more based on the latest poems to be posted here from the ongoing series After The Japanese. I have been posting the poems in hunks of four the last few months and it...
by Ryukan | May 13, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I am starting to get emails about the August Poetry Postcard Fest. Questions like: 1) Is the fest on this year? (Yes). 2) Can you sign me up now? (No). 3) What are the main changes this year? (This year we’re charging for the first time. It’s a $10 dollar...
by Ryukan | May 6, 2015 | Blog
Having over the keys to a poetry festival you’ve created can be a nerve-wracking experience, unless the people given the keys are BETTER DRIVERS! Huge thanks to the Nanaimo, BC, local organizing committee for making the 3rd Cascadia Poetry Festival a huge...
by Ryukan | Apr 28, 2015 | Blog
At the 3rd Cascadia Poetry Fest in Nanaimo Friday night, a poetry death match.
