Top photo: Smoke Shrouded Devil's Elbow SP, near Florence, Oregon Coast, photo by David McCloskey. This is one of the most beloved places on the wild Oregon Coast–on the bluff to the right (out of...
Cascadia Poetics LAB blog
WHULGE: The Wheel of Waters
Image excerpted from McCloskey's map "The Ish River-Lillooet Country with The Salish Sea," 2021, available with its companion map of "Cascadia: A Great Green Land," 2023, from...
Interview with Stephen Thomas, Part 1
Before moving to Europe, Auburn, Washington native Stephen Thomas was quite active in the Seattle literary scene. He came back to Seattle (& other parts of the U.S.) to read from his new book...
Press Release: Register for the 7th Annual Cascadia Poetry Festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2023Contact: Paul E. Nelson, pen@cascadiapoeticslab.org REGISTER FOR 7TH ANNUAL CASCADIA POETRY FESTIVAL By Veronica Martinez, Administrative Assistant, Cascadia...
SICA-USA Benefit Auction
SICA-USA is the cultural wing of Subud USA, a spiritual community to which I have belonged since 2004. Currently they are raising funds to support worthy projects like the Poetry Postcard Fest,...
Mountains & Plateaus of Cascadia
By David McCloskey© July 2023,Cascadia Institute Living here we are stunned by high rugged Mountains and huge open Plateaus. Each is impressive in themselves, but taken together they become truly...










