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...
by Ryukan | Feb 10, 2017 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Here’s one of those Facebook memes that when I first saw it I thought “I’ll pay attention if it comes around again.” Then August Poetry Postcarder Alley Greymond re-posted it, so I shared it and am sharing it here for your consideration: Oh!...
by Ryukan | Dec 6, 2016 | Blog
A small but appreciative group of Denise Levertov fans (including her former doctor) gathered Saturday (12.3.16) at the house in Seattle’s Seward Park neighborhood to attend the unveiling ceremony for a plaque erected in her memory. Colleen McElroy was the guest...
by Ryukan | Nov 25, 2016 | Blog
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (pdf) MEMORIAL PLAQUE FOR DENISE LEVERTOV TO BE UNVEILED Seattle, WA, November 25, 2016 — A plaque to honor the memory of internationally-renowned poet Denise Levertov will be unveiled in a ceremony at 10am, Saturday, December 3, 2016, at her...
by Ryukan | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog
Daphne Marlatt was kind enough to allow us to publisher her Levertov Panel notes: Denise Levertov: Poet of Inter-Relations (by Daphne Marlatt) A few weeks after I’d turned 21 I had the opportunity to ask Denise Levertov a question vital to me as a young writer. This...
by Ryukan | Nov 21, 2016 | Blog
From Nate Mackey:
by Ryukan | Nov 6, 2016 | Blog
Mark your calendar for next year’s fest, the 5th CPF:
