by Splabman | May 27, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
The International Peace Research Association gathered May 17-21, 2023, in Port of Spain, Trinidad for their 2023 conference. I attended and was in the company of some of the world’s most brilliant scholars of peace. To be in this multi-racial country, to be...
by Splabman | May 27, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Sunday, June 4, 2023 marks one month left before the start of the 2023 Poetry Postcard Fest. Earlybird registration closes and we’ll answer questions about the fest for newcomers, discuss fest developments such as the Poetry Postcard Fest Project Board and...
by Splabman | May 3, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I was shopping for postcards the other day and know you are probably wondering if I am ever NOT shopping for postcards, but that is unimportant. The truth is that near Hood River, Oregon, I found a few amazing cards including the one which serves as featured image for...
by Roberta Hoffman | May 2, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Thanks to those folks who have supported is via Give Big in the past and at least one generous early donor in 2023. Give Big is today and tomorrow and look what those funds support! Cascadia Poetics Lab is a vibrant community whose workshops, festivals, and...
by Splabman | May 1, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
“Rescue and Revival of a Seattle Legend: Carletta Carrington Wilson Interprets James Washington Jr.” is an essay in a book that chronicles a residency at the home of this under-appreciated Seattle sculptor who died in the year 2000, but not until leaving behind a body...
by Roberta Hoffman | Apr 18, 2023 | test rh
Cascadia Poetics Lab is a vibrant community whose workshops, festivals, and opportunities for connection can open the door for transformative experiences. We believe that poetry is the nexus at which self knowledge, bioregionalism, and expansive creativity converge....
by Splabman | Apr 14, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, Events
The board of the Cascadia Poetics Lab had its spring 2023 board retreat on Salt Spring Island. Our last retreat on the Long Beach Peninsula was a huge success and we made new friends in that part of the world. Promo poster by Roberta Hoffman is below. Here is the...
by Splabman | Apr 6, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I’m delighted to have a postcard poem in the new anthology I Sing the Salmon Home. It’s a book of poems by Washington state poets, curated by the last state Poet Laureate (and Lummi Tribal member Rena Priest) and published by Empty Bowl. From the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
We are proud to announce that we are a recipient of a Community Accelerator Grant funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and awarded by ArtsFund! This gift will accelerate our organization’s efforts efforts as a literary arts and cultural organization in...
by Splabman | Mar 31, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
It is a collaboration that’s a book, but not a book that you’d bring to bed with you before turning the lights out. It’s also been described as “protest beauty” and is the collaboration of a printer (really, a book artist) and a poet, who’ve created “a full...
