by Ryukan | Apr 26, 2021 | Blog
SPLAB’s own Cate Gable, intrepid columnist for the Chinook Observer, observes the (ahem) “poetry” of the Minneapolis Police in the Derek Chauvin case: There are several literary devices at play here. Let’s start with understatement. “To note” is an...
by Ryukan | Apr 26, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
My birthday falls during the National Poetry Month in the U.S. I also happen to be a poet, so when people send me texts, presents, and other nice things for my birthday, I feel like poetry and poets ought to get some of the glow of the attention in which I bask. So...
by Ryukan | Apr 21, 2021 | Blog
I am asking your support for SPLAB during Give Big and contributions are being accepted now. https://www.givebigwa.org/Splab Between July 2020 and last week I have been working my ass off with the guidance of 501 Commons and specifically two of their representatives,...
by Ryukan | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog
A wonderful look at the working style of one of SPLAB’s poetry heroes, Michael McClure, as described by his last editor Garrett Caples. To hear about the project on which they collaborated, dig this: Mule Kick Blues Book Release with Anne Waldman, Eileen Myles,...
by Ryukan | Apr 9, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Wisconsin postcard poet sends news: Hi Paul– I’ll be giving a presentation at the U. of Wisconsin-Stout in celebration of Nat’l Poetry Month this coming Mon. Apr. 12 @ 7:00 pm CDT. I’ll be reading several postcard poems from last year, along...
by Ryukan | Apr 3, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
As mentioned in last week’s post, the 15th year of the Poetry Postcard Fest will be in honor of two brilliant poets we lost in 2020, Michael McClure and Diane di Prima. Diane was an actual participant in the 2008 fest and longtime postcard fest participant...
by Ryukan | Apr 3, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Two poets who had tremendous influence on USAmerican culture and poetry in the second half of the 20th century, both died in 2020, were good friends to each other and each had an influence on the Poetry Postcard Fest. Michael McClure participated in several SPLAB...
by Ryukan | Mar 29, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Thanks to Kristen Ryberg and James Gaynor, the Online Poetry Postcard Fest Exhibit is up & running and was launched via Zoom, Sunday, March 28, 2021: Registration for 2021 (year 15) ends July 18 at www.popo.submittable.com. Do notice that 2021’s fest is a...
by Ryukan | Mar 20, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Thanks mainly to the work of two postcard people, Kristen Ryberg and James Gaynor, we’ll have a launch for the Online Poetry Postcard Fest Exhibit on Sunday, March 28, 2021, from 4-5pm PDT. Here’s what went out via Zoom/Google calendar: Join Zoom Meeting...
by Ryukan | Mar 16, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Thanks for this, Kristen Ryberg!...
by Ryukan | Mar 11, 2021 | Blog
From Lola Peters: Kubota Garden Revealed Your Kubota Garden Poem Open, online, poetry reading Monday, April 12, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Among the beautiful elements of the book Spirited Stone: Lessons from Kubota’s Garden are the poems by Anastacia-Reneé, Elizabeth...
by Ryukan | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog
It is with great sorrow that I sit to compose this post about the Seattle writing community. For many years now, perhaps for its entire existence, the Richard Hugo House has been a quintessential Seattle organization, and we’re beginning to see what that means....
by Ryukan | Feb 3, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Postcard poet Susan Kay Anderson has a new book on Virginia Brautigan Aste: In this startling and fascinating book, Susan Kay Anderson takes the reader on a journey from California to Oaxaca to Hawaii, through the life and words of Virginia Brautigan Aste – married to...
by Ryukan | Jan 27, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Nina Murray is a newcomer to the Poetry Postcard Fest, with 2020 being her first year. A Foreign Service Officer, she had a lot to share about the fest, her work and the state of consciousness that poetry (done right) can enable. Enjoy!
by Ryukan | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog
SPLAB Board Member Jason Wirth and I had the good fortune to interview Wedlidi Speck about an indigenous perspective regarding the subject of Cascadian Zen. An anthology with the same name is being assembled for publication in Fall 2022. From the interview...
