by Veronica Martinez | Oct 19, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
CPF9 Highlights! We had an amazing time at the 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival, Oct. 10-12, 2025! It was amazing to see so many new and familiar faces join our community for a weekend of poetry, education and place. Thank you deeply to every presenter that traveled to...
by Zach Charles | Oct 18, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
or or As the planet heats up many animal species are either headed north or going extinct. This makes the work of the poet as witness that much more important. Who is here now? And as the culture becomes more and more reductionistic, a product of a human centric...
by Veronica Martinez | Oct 6, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
In 2014, poet Sharon Thesen gave a talk at a Creative Writing Conference in Vancouver about the state of Creative Writing and English Departments. Although over ten years old, this talk is still incredibly relevant to what she calls the “demise of...
by Veronica Martinez | Sep 29, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
CPF9 Friday Workshops The 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival is fast approaching! October 10-12, 2025, join us for a gathering and celebration of poetry and place in Cascadia. To kick off the festival, we are hosting workshops on Friday, October 10. Workshop Gold Pass...
by Zach Charles | Sep 28, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
Hear a Salish perspective on wellness with Beaver Chief. Fred Beaver Chief Jamison was a spiritual leader who brought out the traditional teachings of the Northwest Coast (Native American) Salish people. He discussed his heritage, the songs and stories that are part...
by Veronica Martinez | Sep 20, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
On October 19, 2025, 2-5 PM, Raven Chronicles Press will be hosting a panel on banned books at the Seattle Downtown Library (Level 4, Room 1). From Raven Chronicles: Earlier this year Raven Chronicles launched a year-long campaign in defense of banned books and the...
by Veronica Martinez | Sep 20, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From PPF 2025 participant Suzanne Beaumont: I am not certain which was more delightful: creating a poem and penning it onto a fun postcard and anticipating its receipt, or receiving a postcard poem in my mailbox. I received so many really great poems. These small...
by Veronica Martinez | Sep 18, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
PPF After Party Video! On Saturday, September 6, 2025, the Poetry Postcard Fest committee hosted a Zoom after party for the 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest. Founding Director Paul Nelson and PPF committee members Zach Charles, Judy Kleinberg and Sally Hedges-Blanquez were...
by Veronica Martinez | Sep 18, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
We’re looking for volunteers for the 9th Cascadia Poetry Festival, October 10-12! Volunteers will help run the registration table, make sure our presenters have the resources they need, assist with set up/clean up and more! Volunteers will need to be available...
by Veronica Martinez | Sep 15, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Looking for inspiration to write poetry post-PPF? Consider Levertov’s Words Left in Your Pocket Exercise Read Denise Levertov’s poem “September 1961” below, paying extra attention to the lines regarding the death of predecessor poets, three (Ezra Pound, William Carlos...
by Zach Charles | Sep 13, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcastb
What a great way to entice someone to read a book: “Like a prize-fighter boxing over his weight, Stephan Torre has long made his home in the wilderness, negotiating environments that are hostile, inhospitable and often dangerous. Places where a neighbor might...
by Veronica Martinez | Sep 13, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Cascadia Poetics Lab 2024 Annual Report Our 2024 report outlining Cascadia Poetics Lab’s major accomplishments, fundraising and organizational planning, financials, sponsors and more is now available for public viewing! CLICK HERE to learn all about Cascadia...
by Veronica Martinez | Sep 12, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From postcard poet Drew Myron: After a steady stream of arrivals, my mailbox is now empty. I just completed the annual Poetry Postcard Fest, an organized commitment to write and mail poems on postcards to 32 strangers. Now in its 18th year, the event drew nearly 500...
by Veronica Martinez | Sep 12, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Announcing the 1st Annual Charles Potts Poetry Award! The Charles Potts Poetry Award is a new award that will yearly present a writer with the resources to publish their first book of poetry. From the Charles Potts Poetry Award website: The criteria is simple. It must...
by Veronica Martinez | Sep 9, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From postcard poet Dr. Amy L. Friedman: Some time before I knew I’d be coming to Japan I signed up for the 2025 Cascadia Poetics Lab Poetry Postcard Fest. It was founded by poets Paul E. Nelson and Lana Ayers in 2007, and today the Lab runs online writing workshops,...
