by Ryukan | Jun 6, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetry Postcard Fest D-Day is July 4 and already there are 14 groups of 32 poets each awaiting their list for the 18th Poetry Postcard Fest. Registration is open here: https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/ppf-2024-event-registration/if you have a poet friend who has not yet...
by Veronica Martinez | Jun 3, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From PPF Board Member Margaret Lee, June 1, 2024 Early in May I received a card in the mail on turquoise, marbled paper in a handmade envelope. I knew from the handwriting that it came from my poet friend in Minnesota and would contain several exuberant haikus. (I was...
by Ryukan | Jun 1, 2024 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
Your humble narrator traveled to Astoria, Oregon to hear the launch of The Last Man in Willapa, the new book of poems from poet/lepidopterist Robert Michael Pyle. There is such a tightly-knit poetry community in Astoria. Maybe it’s because of the annual...
by Veronica Martinez | May 31, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetry Postcard Fest Earlybird Registration ends June 4! Register for the 18th Poetry Postcard Fest NOW in order to take advantage of our early bird pricing! After June 4, the price of PPF registration will go up. If you’ve already registered, let your loved...
by Veronica Martinez | May 27, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Thank you for the Poetry & Posole fun! On May 18, 2024, Cascadia Poetics Lab hosted a Poetry & Posole fundraiser with delicious posole, enchiladas and more made by Dr. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs! Gabriella graciously hosted the event and cooked the delicious...
by Veronica Martinez | May 14, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Celebrate Cascadia with us THIS SATURDAY! THIS SATURDAY May 18, Cascadia Poetics Lab is hosting a Poetry and Posole celebration with poetry readings, book raffle, community and delicious food provided by Dr. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs! Registration is still open! More...
by Veronica Martinez | May 7, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab
GIVE BIG to Cascadia Poetics Lab in 2024! Help celebrate Give Big 2024 on May 7-8 by donating to the Cascadia Poetics Lab! Give Big is a state-wide campaign calling individuals and organizations to invest in nonprofits. This year, we encourage you to GIVE BIG to...
by Ryukan | May 5, 2024 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, Events
Poetry and Posole Cascadia Day Celebrate the power of the natural world and the magnificence of the Cascadia bioregion with us on Cascadia Day, May 18th! In honor of the anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, Cascadia Poetics Lab will be hosting a Poetry and...
by Ryukan | May 1, 2024 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
I think the first notion of land healing rituals came to me we hosted Diane di Prima at the old NW Spokenword Lab in Auburn November 1999. It might have been walking along the Stuck River when Diane and I talked about healing places and she mentioned the Tibetan...
by Ryukan | Apr 29, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab
The Cascadian Zen editors are on the road again. This Tuesday, (APR 30, 2024) at 6pm, we close out National Poetry Month in style with a reading at Broadway Books in Portland. Details here:...
by Ryukan | Apr 25, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Since moving the world headquarters of the Cascadia Poetics Lab to Rainier Beach in July 2017, I have become enamored with Mapes Creek, or what the First People of this place called dxʷwuqʷəb – place of loon. It pops up out of the ground south of legendary...
by Veronica Martinez | Apr 24, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Events
Celebrate Cascadia Day at our Poetry and Posole Fundraiser! On May 18, celebrate the power of the natural world and the magnificence of the Cascadia bioregion with us! In honor of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, Cascadia Poetics Lab will be hosting a Poetry and Posole...
by Veronica Martinez | Apr 18, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Upcoming Cascadian Zen Events! The editors of Cascadian Zen Vol. I Paul Nelson, Adelia MacWilliam and Dr. Jason Wirth are embarking on another mini tour of readings within Cascadia. The first reading will be held the People’s Co-Op in Vancouver, BC on April 20,...
by Ryukan | Apr 15, 2024 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
Here (below) is the audio version of my March 25, 2024 interview with Bill Porter on “Dancing With the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation.” We talked about his life, the movie and the film which chronicles his translation project. The Seattle...
by Veronica Martinez | Apr 4, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From PPF board member JI Kleinberg: If it’s April, it’s National Poetry Month, and that has me thinking about the upcoming Poetry Postcard Fest (PPF). Why now? I usually sign up for the next PPF as soon as registration opens. But not always. So this is a really good...
