by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 19, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2023Contact: Paul E. Nelson, pen@cascadiapoeticslab.org REGISTER FOR 7TH ANNUAL CASCADIA POETRY FESTIVAL By Veronica Martinez, Administrative Assistant, Cascadia Poetics Lab Celebrate the poetry of the bioregion at the Cascadia Poetics...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 19, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
by Margaret Lee I keep signing up for the Poetry Postcard Fest every year, primarily because it’s the most fun I ever have when writing poetry. Besides, I always make marvelous new friends! But the Fest is more than just fun. Paul Nelson and I wrote a brief article...
by Ryukan | Jul 17, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
SICA-USA is the cultural wing of Subud USA, a spiritual community to which I have belonged since 2004. Currently they are raising funds to support worthy projects like the Poetry Postcard Fest, which they have done for three years now, including a renewal of support...
by Ryukan | Jul 13, 2023 | Blog, Poetry Postcard Fest
When I flex my muscle of empathy, I am capable of hearing not only your words, but also your humanity — Paul K. Chappell, Founder and Executive Director, Peace Literacy Institute Confluence: my ongoing attempts to incorporate peace literacy into my ethics...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 10, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
By David McCloskey© July 2023,Cascadia Institute Living here we are stunned by high rugged Mountains and huge open Plateaus. Each is impressive in themselves, but taken together they become truly extraordinary…. When we say “Mountains,” and when we say “Plateaus,” we...
by Ryukan | Jul 6, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I wouldn’t say I’m obsessive, but I definitely trend toward organized. So when it comes to the annual Poetry Postcard Fest, I like to stay ahead of the chaos. My methods work for me. They would probably drive someone else crazy (possibly you). But if any of this helps...
by Ryukan | Jul 3, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
It happened! As the Poetry Postcard Fest begins, the universe has bestowed me with a gift. The winter ‘97 issue of The Kenyon Review, produced from an unlabeled cardboard box of mostly chewed up cookbooks on a walk with my partner and my dog, just for me to cut up and...
by Ryukan | Jul 2, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab
SEATTLE, WA, July 02, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ — Cascadia Poetics Lab invites anyone interested in writing and receiving personal, original poetry to participate from July 4th-August 31st, 2023, by writing daily poems on postcards and sharing them with other...
by Ryukan | Jul 2, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From Sally Hedges-Blanquez: I just opened some empty boxes, flattened them, & chopped away with my old school paper cutter. Instead of 3 boxes bound for the recycle bin,I’ve got 6 postcards and some small scraps that are perfect to use for making my grocery list...
by Ryukan | Jul 1, 2023 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
What a joy to engage Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs for a Cascadian Prophets podcast interview. I hosted her at Casa del Colibrí on June 15, 2023 and discussed her book: ¿how many indians can we be? Here is my introduction: ¿cuantos indios podemos ser? is the title of the...
by Ryukan | Jun 29, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Ace Administrative Assistant Veronica Martinez has created a Cliff Notes version of the June 4, 2023 Poetry Postcard Fest Open House. See: As of this morning Group 15 is not quite full and final lists will go out to all groups that are full (1-14) as the fest begins...
by Ryukan | Jun 29, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
In 2017 the great Zen poet Norman Fischer had this Facebook post: Poems are not necessarily supposed to do you any good. People think that poems have some meaning embedded in them and that the meaning can do you some good. But I think it’s the opposite: if poems do...
by Ryukan | Jun 26, 2023 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
From Margaret Lee: My kids think I am hopelessly antiquated for sending email and actually reading the messages in my inbox every day. But when I double down on the whole retro mode and mail postcards, those cards end up on each recipient’s fridge for approximately 15...
by Ryukan | Jun 24, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From Zach Charles: I would like to take this space to do two things. One: reflect on lessons from last year’s fest. Two: set some intentions for myself for this year’s fest. My first thought upon casting myself back to last year’s fest is of community...
by Ryukan | Jun 22, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest
…It’s the vehicle for getting the offering to other poets. (from Sally Hedges-Blanquez) Here are a few things I’ve learned in the 5 years I’ve been a postcard poet: ● Postcards can be made from boxes you were planning to recycle. (Triscuits,Grape Nut Flakes,...
