by Ryukan | Oct 18, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
An August poetry postcard sent to Linda Roller. https://media.blubrry.com/cascadian_prophets/paulenelson.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/492.-Star-Lings.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (917.5KB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Blubrry | RSS |...
by Ryukan | Oct 18, 2014 | Blog
Press Release Cascadia Poetry Festival Affordable Workshops Four fantastic workshops (only $60 each!) will be happening at Vancouver Island University where many of the main events for the festival are being held. You do not need a festival gold pass to sign up for a...
by Ryukan | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog
From Ursula Vaira of Leaf Press: Welcome to Overleaf, a chapbook manuscript competition which awards contracts to one Canadian and one international poet each year. Winners will receive 50 copies of their copies of their chapbook as well as publicity and $100.00 to...
by Ryukan | Oct 9, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Another 2014 August Poetry Postcard Poem written in Puebla, Mexico, when I was attending the 14th Subud World Congress. Again a reference to Pablo Vargas Lugo and the exhibit at Museo Amparo.
by Ryukan | Oct 6, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
489. Bandera de la Mariposa is a reference to an exhibit at Museo Amparo in Puebla, Mexico that was running during the recent Subud World Congress. A beautiful museum in a restored colonial building, the main exhibit featured the work of Pablo Vargas Lugo. A Mexican...
by Ryukan | Oct 5, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
by Ryukan | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog
Beloved Oregon poet Bill Shively died on Sunday, September 28th. Information for the Bill Shively Memorial. We will celebrate the life and spirit of our friend Bill Shively and help to send his soul to the next dimension. Saturday, October 25 4:00-7:00 PM Spring...
by Ryukan | Sep 30, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
This poetry postcard was written August 11, 2014, also at the 14th Subud World Congress. The Bhakti referenced is Subud Portland Co-Chair Bhakti Watts whose name means “devoted one.”
by Ryukan | Sep 29, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
My recent trip to Mexico was quite an experience. My real first visit since I was a little boy (I did see the airport in Cancun in 2005) my parents told me that back then all I wanted in Mexico was to get back to the U.S. and eat a hamburger. This time, in addition to...
by Ryukan | Sep 26, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
As I have mentioned in previous posts, I used epigraphs by Denise Levertov for all my postcard poems in 2014, and deepened my appreciation for her gesture. I can see why she ended up in Cascadia, with her fierce commitment to peace and justice and her love for the...
by Ryukan | Sep 24, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Was going over last year’s journal entry for this date and came across John Olson’s wonderful birthday poem for me, as well as some of his comments regarding my essay Organic In Cascadia: A Sequence of Energies. He said: Dear Paul, Glad you dug the...
by Ryukan | Sep 23, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
My poems written in Mexico in August are starting to arrive at their intended destinations and so I continue with the posting here. The last few lines from this poem are taken almost verbatim from a sign at Casa Azul, the home of Frida Kahlo, to which I made a...
by Ryukan | Sep 17, 2014 | Blog
Tashi Ko sent me this appeal. SHE is the global dynamo who deserves support for her latest project and modest request: Hi Paul, I could use a little bit of luck right now in the form of a windfall and wanted to virtually squeeze your hand for some of that magical...
by Ryukan | Sep 16, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
At last count, forty poetry postcards came my way as part of the 2014 August Poetry Postcard Fest. Having just completed its eighth year, the fest is an effort to build community, to allow participants to experience the joy of spontaneous composition and to reach back...
by Ryukan | Sep 15, 2014 | Poetry Postcard Fest
This is the first of my poems written in Mexico for the 2014 August Poetry Postcard Fest. For more details on all the postcard poems I wrote in 2014 see this page. This poem, like many in Mexico, was inspired by my visit to Casa Azul.
