Cascadia Poetics LAB
Poetry Postcard Fest
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Governance Committee Meetings

Online (Zoom)

Cascadia Poetics Lab Governance Committee meetings via Zoom every first Tuesday of the month at 8 a.m.

2024 Poetry Postcard Fest

Cascadia Poetics Lab

Join us for 56 days of intuitive writing and join a growing and dedicated community of writers from around the world! On July 4, participants will receive a list of 31 other poets to whom they will write first-draft postcard poems until the end of August. Participants can buy postcards or make their own, and […]

Postcards from Here

Olympic Sculpture Park 2901 Western Ave, Seattle, WA, United States

Celebrate the Poetry Postcard Fest with Postcards from Here, CPL's first in-person, public poetry postcard gathering! Long-time Poetry Postcard Fest participants Tim Mateer, Abhaya Thomas and Colette Dutton will talk about their approaches to the Poetry Postcard Fest along with local poetry Postcard Fest Committee members Zach Charles and Sally Hedges-Blanquez.

Postcards from Mapes Creek

Mapes Creek 8650 55th Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States

Celebrate the Poetry Postcard Fest with Postcards from Here, CPL’s first in-person, public poetry postcard gathering! Long-time Poetry Postcard Fest participants Tim Mateer, Abhaya Thomas and Colette Dutton will talk about their approaches to the Poetry Postcard Fest along with local poetry Postcard Fest Committee members Zach Charles and Sally Hedges-Blanquez. Local Poetry Postcard Fest […]

Governance Committee Meetings

Online (Zoom)

Cascadia Poetics Lab Governance Committee meetings via Zoom every first Tuesday of the month at 8 a.m.

Mapes Creek Radiance

Mapes Creek 8650 55th Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States

Artists and writers will gather together for 5 consecutive summer mornings along Mapes Creek in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of S.E. Seattle. Participants will be able to use this time together in whatever way best suits their creative practice while in community with fellow creatives and this urban waterway. No specific outcome or project is […]

Cascadian Zen: Mountain Rain Zen Community

Mountain Rain Zen Commuity 2016 Wall St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

August 22, 2024 Cascadian Zen: Mountain Rain Zen Community A talk and reading with the three editors of Cascadian Zen Volume One, Paul Nelson, Jason Wirth, and Adelia MacWilliam accompanied by Daphne Marlatt. Location and Date Mountain Rain Zen Community 2016 Wall Street Vancouver, B.C. August 22, 2024 7PM – 9PM

A Weekend of Cascadian Zen: Cumberland

The Abbey Studio 2689 Penrith Ave, Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada

August 24 & 25, 2024 A Weekend of Cascadian Zen: Cumberland Watershed Press celebrates the Cumberland launch of Cascadian Zen Volume I August 24 & 25, featuring talks by poets, philosphers, and an indigenous elder, along with poetry readings and a poetry workshop. A project of the Cascadia Poetics LAB. Saturday 8/24 2 PM – […]

$25

Cascadian Zen launch on Quadra Island

Community Hall 970 West Road, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Cascadian Zen Vol. I Quadra Island Launch With readings by Jan Zwicky, Robert Bringhurst, Paul Nelson, Jason Wirth and Adelia MacWilliam WHERE: Community Hall 970 West Road Quadra Island, B.C. WHEN: August 26, 2024 7 PM - 9 PM  

Day Song 2024

Remote

The Day Song is a writing practice that involves dedicating a full day to writing continuously, with as much solitude as possible and little interruption. It is typically used to close out the Poetry Postcard Fest, so that PPF poets can broaden their compositional range. More information and instruction on the Day Song can be […]