by Ryukan | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog
Former SPLAB Visiting Poet Nate Mackey is back in Seattle for two events. Wednesday, September 30, he’s at the University of Washington to speak “On Breath and Precarity” Wednesday, Sep 30, 2015, 6–7:30 p.m. UW CAMPUS LOCATION Communications Building...
by Ryukan | Sep 16, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The largest category of (August Poetry Postcard Fest) cards I send out, in terms of the image, feature Coastal Salish art. I think this is one of the world’s most potent artistic traditions, on a par with any movement at any time in history, and in this case there is...
by Ryukan | Sep 3, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poem #2 in the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest. (Audio here.) https://media.blubrry.com/cascadian_prophets/paulenelson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/507.-Goodbye-Queets.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (939.6KB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Blubrry |...
by Ryukan | Aug 30, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Autumn came in with a bang yesterday, three weeks early. (Damage is said to be in the tens of millions of dollars.) It’s odd, but early Spring and early Summer this year were greeted with great joy. Early Fall? Ugh. Truth is many around here loved the early rain...
by Ryukan | Aug 27, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
This is the first “official” poetry postcard of mine for 2015, year 9. I sent out one “practice card” to someone from last year’s list, but THIS year I decided to use Joanne Kyger’s new book On Time as a source of epigraphs. I am...
by Ryukan | Aug 9, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The second poem from the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest, this one is really the first, since #505 was a dry run and #506 starts the poems that all lead off with a quote from Joanne Kyger. And I am finding her new book On Time wonderful and am getting all sorts of...
by Ryukan | Aug 9, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Thanks to Sam Hamill’s suggestion, I have been reading Crowded by Beauty a biography of Beat Poet and Zen Monk Philip Whalen by David Schneider. Am loving it and finding it a great companion and inspiration for the 9th annual August Poetry Postcard Fest. The...
by Ryukan | Jul 29, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I know what you are thinking. Don’t put any more energy into things like this, but my strong sense of justice is begging me to respond. So, after changing another dirty diaper from my 3 year old and reading her a pre-nap story of Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore (also...
by Ryukan | Jul 27, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The signup for the 9th August Poetry Postcard Fest is final and the list has been sent to all participants. The total number of participants is down from an all-time high in 2014 – 423, to 208 in 2015, but the addition of a small signup fee discouraged some and...
by Ryukan | Jul 24, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I was taking my corridor walk June 23, 2015, and was stunned by the reflection of the sun on wavelets of Lake Washington. I tried to get a decent video capture of the phenomenon (after looking at a Seagull I thought was a Blue Heron) and you get some idea from that. I...
by Ryukan | Jul 20, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
A few random questions posed by participants, or would-be participants, in the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest. By the way, this is your last call for registration as that ends July 27 at 12:01 a.m. 1) Can I start now or do I have to wait until August? By all means...
by Ryukan | Jul 16, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I got an unsigned email this morning about the postcard fest: hello paul wondering – why is there a fee for participating now? what is done with over $4000 you would collect if over 400 sign up (and pay) again? i have done the august postcard poetry event for...
by Ryukan | Jul 14, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
by Ryukan | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog
The Overleaf Chapbook Manuscript Competition awards contracts to one Canadian and one international poet each year. Winners receive 50 copies of their chapbook as well as publicity and $100.00 to put towards refreshments for a launch party in their home town. Everyone...
by Ryukan | Jul 7, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Being a William Carlos Williams fan, this story was a natural for me. A scholar by the name of William Logan, a professor at the University of Florida, (with help from a local historian) did the research to find the identity of the man who owned the red wheelbarrow in...
