by Ryukan | Jan 9, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
(From Greg Bem) Hey folks. Given the nature of the book I thought you would appreciate knowing that: Foray for The Arts in Spokane will be holding a poetry memorial for Renee Good this coming Tuesday on the Spokane River at 7pm. It will feature statements of love,...
by Veronica Martinez | Jan 5, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
The Poetics of Cascadian Land and Water with Harold Rhenisch Our new workshop, The Poetics of Cascadian Land and Water with Harold Rhenisch, begins THIS SATURDAY, January 10! Learn about the origins of Cascadian language through this series of workshops, expanding on...
by Veronica Martinez | Jan 5, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Zoom Launch for Say It Recording Deer Mountain Pages will be hosting a launch of a recording of their most recent publication, Say It by Jan Zwicky. The recording features Jan Zwicky and Garth Martens, and was inspired by a public reading the two did together in...
by Ryukan | Jan 2, 2026 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
On January 1, 2026, a 34-year-old, immigrant, Muslim, democratic socialist mayor was sworn in to run the largest city in the United States. When asked by the Nation magazine if this unlikely event might tell us about what is possible in American politics, Mayor Zohran...
by Veronica Martinez | Jan 1, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Happy New Year from Cascadia Poetics Lab! Happy New Year! Thank you for another successful and enriching year for poetry and place in Cascadia! This year, we introduced new in-person and online programming that gathered community and encouraged mindful and intentional...
by Zach Charles | Jan 1, 2026 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
In this edition of Cascadian Prophets, Trevor Carolan talks about Making Waves. If artists are the antennae of the race, then the poets and writers of British Columbia are onto something that the general populace may be ready to recognize and act on. That is the West...
by Veronica Martinez | Dec 29, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Dragon Tongues: The Origin of Atmospheric Rivers from David McCloskey, designer of the Cascadia bioregion map. Learn more about David’s work at the Cascadia Institute. Flickering tongues of fire leap up from the steamy orbits of the Northern Equatorial Current...
by Veronica Martinez | Dec 29, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
CPF9 Winter in America (Again Reading VIDEO On October 12, 2025, we closed off the 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival with a reading Winter in America (Again reading at Jude’s Old Town. CPL founder and Winter in America (Again co-editor Paul E. Nelson presented the...
by Veronica Martinez | Dec 17, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
CPF9 Kubota Garden Reading On October 12, 2025, we began the last day of the 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival with a reading at Kubota Garden. We gathered at the gorgeous garden on a gloomy morning to listen to readings by Alicia Hokanson, Roxi Power and Robert Michael...
by Veronica Martinez | Dec 16, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Join the Postcard Poetry Group! Can’t wait until the next PPF to start sending postcard poetry? Join the postcard poetry group! Postcard poet Barbara Robinette has gathered a small group of poets that exchange monthly postcard poems to keep the spirit of PPF...
by Veronica Martinez | Dec 15, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Happy holidays and happy upcoming winter solstice! We hope everyone has been able to stay safe during the cold and wet weather and enjoy a peaceful time during these dark days. Are you looking for last minute gifts for the poets, Cascadians and bioregionalists in your...
by Veronica Martinez | Dec 15, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Communal reading of Bernadette Mayer’s Midwinter Day On December 21st, 2025 at Common Objects in Seattle (2601 1st Ave), celebrate the winter solstice with a communal reading of Bernadette Mayer’s book-length poem Midwinter Day! Participants will take...
by Veronica Martinez | Dec 15, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Celebrate World Meditation Day on December 21, 2025! From the Art of Living Foundation: On the Longest Night, Find the Light Within The winter solstice is the darkest day of the year—and the moment the Sun begins its return North. For centuries, people have gathered...
by Veronica Martinez | Dec 15, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
CPL Winter 2026 Workshops! Keep your poetic light shining bright during the dark winter days with Cascadia Poetics Lab workshops! We’re excited to welcome poet Harold Rhenisch as a guest facilitator for the workshop The Poetics of Cascadian Land and Water! CPL...
by Zach Charles | Dec 12, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
“The first pew in the old time Black church is the Moaners’ bench.” – Gary Copeland Lilley Artificial intelligence and it’s racist assumptions suggests “mourners’ bench” as a clarification, but the moaners’ bench...
