by Roberta Hoffman | 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 Roberta Hoffman | 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 Roberta Hoffman | 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 Roberta Hoffman | 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 Roberta Hoffman | 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...
by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 11, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Postcard Poems by Martha Clarkson Postcard poet Martha Clarkson published some of her postcard poems from 2025 in Hobart Pulp last week! Congratulations on the publication, Martha! We’re so glad the Poetry Postcard Fest provided inspiration to write poems that...
by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 9, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Here is our final letter of recommendation in celebration of winning a Humanities Washington Award–the letter written by me, Veronica! We have shared letters of nomination and support by Katie Sarah Zale, Jason Wirth and Zach Charles that aided in awarding Paul...
by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 8, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
We have the deepest gratitude for everyone that donated to the CPL Annual Fund and to our Giving Tuesday campaign on December 2! As we’ve said before and will continue to reiterate: the success of Cascadia Poetics Lab’s programming is all thanks to the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 5, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Cascadia Mono Poem Reading On October 11, 2025, we closed the second day of the 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival with a mono poem. Poets read original work for four minutes or less with no introductions or interruptions. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs facilitated and...
by Zach Charles | Dec 2, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
To preserve a bit of one’s art is a true act of love, even if the book of stories that comes out is titled Surrounded by Weasels: Stories from the Northwest of Ireland. The late Josie Gray is the story teller, and his widow Tess Gallagher, the world renowned...
by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 2, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
PPF 2025 poet Sue Diewert published a piece on the Poetry Postcard Fest in Sage-ing: The Journal of Creative Aging! You can read Sue’s piece and see her PPF 2025 postcards below. Thank you for your support and insight, Sue! If you are interested in joining us...
by Roberta Hoffman | Dec 1, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
In celebration of winning a Humanities Washington Award, we are sharing the letters of support and recommendation provided by CPL staff and colleagues that assisted us in receiving the award. Today, we are sharing the letter of recommendation written by Zach Charles....
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 30, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Support CPL for Giving Tuesday! It’s that time of year again! As the weather chills and the days grow shorter, it is vital to soak in every moment of community and gratitude as a reminder of the light that remains within the darkness. Giving Tuesday, the...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 28, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
CPF9 Saturday Afternoon Reading On October 11, 2025, we continued he 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival with an afternoon reading. Matt Trease facilitated the reading and provided beautiful introductions for featured poets Lorin Medley, Jim Dott, Katie Sarah Zale and Brenda...
