On a bluebird morning, we left the stunning beauty and stillness of Chinook Beach Park on Lake Washington to walk up to Kubota Gardens. A public park since 1987, the 20-acre gardens are the legacy...
Cascadia Poetics LAB blog
Sept 1, 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic Video
Our end-of-the-fest open mic had many surprising moments, from impressions of a chicken's "moancluck" to batshit poems written while drunk to an opportunity to send a postcard to the former First...
2027 Poetry Postcard Registration Open
Dear Postcard Poet, I've read reports on social media about people dropping their last few postcards into a mailbox yesterday and so the fest is not REALLY over, but here at the bioregional HQ of...
Subduction (New Reading Series @ Vermillion)
subDuctiOn 1) a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at the convergent boundaries between tectonic plates. 2) A...
Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic
On September 1, 2026, from 5-6:30pm PDT we'll have an open mic for 2026 PPF participants only. It will be the day after the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest officially ends and hopefully by 5pm you will...
John Brehm 1955-2026
I got word from Richard Meadows that John Brehm died August 24, 2026. In 2022 (see below) I had a chance to interview him, publish a couple of his poems in Cascadian Zen Volume I and read with him...









