by Ryukan | Sep 30, 2017 | Blog
Please join us for the 5th Cascadia Poetry Festival in Tacoma. See the whole schedule here. Registration for all events, except workshops, is $25 and linked here. Highlights: Thursday, October 12 7pm – Launch of 56 Days: Poetry Postcards, King’s Books, 218...
by Ryukan | Sep 25, 2017 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Some events of note for those interested in my work: Monday, October 2, 2017, I have been invited to read for the Striped Water Poets in Auburn, Washington at the Rainbow Cafe, 7pm, 112 E. Main Street. Bill Yake will also read and it will be my second reading in...
by Ryukan | Sep 15, 2017 | Blog
The 5th Cascadia Poetry Festival happens in Tacoma, Oct 12-15, 2017. Among the Main Stage poets are Michael McClure (5 days before his 85th birthday), CA Conrad, Patricia Smith, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Bruce Weigl, Philip Red Eagle, WA Poet Laureate Tod Marshall and...
by Ryukan | Sep 8, 2017 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Although the August Poetry Postcard Fest is over (it IS September after all) cards I sent out on the 31st have probably not arrived at their final destination and the APPF Facebook group is still crankin’ with people posting about not yet having sent all their...
by Ryukan | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog
Some workshop slots are available to Gold Pass holders for the 5th Cascadia Poetry Festival in Tacoma, October 12-15, 2017. See the schedule here, including poets Michael McClure, Patricia Smith, Ianthe Brautigan, Bruce Weigl, Tod Marshall, Sharon Thesen, Lorna Dee...
by Ryukan | Sep 1, 2017 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Nothing signifies the end of summer in Cascadia like rain and it is raining as I write this. This year especially. 60+ days of no measurable precipitation makes me feel a little guilty about all the rain going to Texas and Louisiana as a result of Hurricane Harvey. Of...
by Ryukan | Aug 15, 2017 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From Lucia Sanford: Dear Paul, This is my third year participating in the Postcard Poetry Fest. I live in Charlottesville, Virginia. I am still too raw and stunned to write a personal note or poem about what happened here on Saturday. I did not think this situation...
by Ryukan | Aug 15, 2017 | Poetry Postcard Fest
It’s in YEAR ELEVEN which is hard to believe, but the August Poetry Postcard Fest started in 2007 by Lana Ayers and me is going as well as it ever has. With the launch of the poetry postcard anthology 56 Days of August this Fall, there are going to be several...
by Ryukan | Jul 12, 2017 | Poetry Postcard Fest
There is less than a week to sign up for the 11th Poetry Postcard Fest. We have 5 and a half complete groups so far. Last year we had seven complete groups and there are many who love to sneak in under the wire. The official call is here. The direct link to the signup...
by Ryukan | Jun 28, 2017 | Poetry Postcard Fest
It’s almost 4th of July which means August is coming. August for me has become synonymous with the heart of summer because of my poetry postcard habit. This year is the 11th year of the Poetry Postcard Fest which I have a habit of spelling with two capital...
by Ryukan | Jun 20, 2017 | Blog
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5TH CASCADIA POETRY FESTIVAL TO BE HELD OCTOBER 12-15 IN TACOMA Public Readings, Workshops, Beat legend Michael McClure & tribute to Richard Brautigan Seattle, WA, June 21, 2017—The Cascadia Poetry Festival is an international event which...
by Ryukan | May 28, 2017 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The call for the eleventh year of the August Poetry Postcard Fest goes out July 4, 2017, and registration opens then. Like last year, as soon as 32 participating poets get signed up, the list will go to them and registration will begin for the next list. I’ll...
by Ryukan | May 8, 2017 | Blog
Hello, SPLAB-Fan! You’ve no doubt been hearing a lot about GiveBIG from local non-profit organizations who look for a little boost during this annual fundraising event. Through Dollars for Change, Seattle Foundation will randomly select donors through the day...
by Ryukan | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog
SPLAB has been facilitating events since 2012 that combine bioregionalism and poetry. Perhaps the deepest form of eco-poetics is bioregionalism, making the place you live first in your consciousness over a “state” or “nation” or...
by Ryukan | Feb 28, 2017 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I’m just about finished with the 2017 Peace Postcards project. There are 28 poets on my list and without sending a card to myself, that means I had 27 poems to write and will probably get the last one done in the next day or so. This was year two of Carla...
