Poetry postcard workshop in cooperation with Rainier Beach Action Coalition and Kubota Garden Foundation. Join us to make poetry postcard collages, construct a Personal Universe Deck for the garden, write some postcard poetry and be in the natural splendor of Kubota Garden. A guided tour will be the first part of this event. FREE April […]
Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Life as Rehearsal for the Poem workshop on the history of innovative Cascadian Poetry, from Theodore Roethke to Cedar Sigo. Online, facilitated by Paul E Nelson. Sundays 3-5 PM PDT March 29, April 5, 12, 19 & 26. $125 REGISTER HERE
Poetics as Cosmology Workshop on the history of Innovative Cascadia Poetry, from Theodore Roethke to Cedar Sigo. Online, facilitated by Paul E Nelson
Multi-cultural and multi-spiritual blessing of Mapes Creek at Be'er Sheva Park in Rainier Beach. April 25, 2026 11 AM-1 PM
Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Life as Rehearsal for the Poem workshop on the history of innovative Cascadian Poetry, from Theodore Roethke to Cedar Sigo. Online, facilitated by Paul E Nelson. Sundays 3-5 PM PDT March 29, April 5, 12, 19 & 26. $125 REGISTER HERE
Poetics as Cosmology Workshop on the history of Innovative Cascadia Poetry, from Theodore Roethke to Cedar Sigo. Online, facilitated by Paul E Nelson
Meeting with the Cascadia Poetics Lab Finance Committee, every first Saturday of the month. Learn more about the CPL Finance Committee HERE
Poetry workshop at Dead Horse Canyon in collaboration with Rainier Beach Action Coalition May 2, 2026 11 AM-1 PM
Meeting with the Cascadia Poetics Lab Fundraising Committee, every first Saturday of the month. Learn more about the CPL Fundraising Committee HERE
I’m honored to be giving a talk/reading on the subject of: Theodore Roethke and the Birth of Cascadian Poetry on May 12, 2026. I have been invited by The Friends of Roethke organization. https://www.friendsofroethke.org/events/2026nelson The Friends of Theodore Roethke Present the 2026 Virtual Scholar Series Every May, the Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation (FOTR) presents […]
Cascadia Poetics Lab monthly board meetings Every second Tuesday of the month at 6 PM More info on CPL’s board available HERE
To network as neighborhood creatives, support arts and culture, improve the visibility of arts & culture in Rainier Beach and make the neighborhood a destination for arts & culture, we’re presenting the 2nd in a series of arts & culture roundtable events outside the former home of the late artist Paul Horiuchi. Horiuchi was an […]
May 18 is Cascadia Day, because it is the anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens.Bioregional journalist Andrew Engelson invited me to read at Vermillion, 1508 11th Avenue, May 18 at 7pm. Matt Trease, Rhea Melina and Nadine Maestas will be the other featured poets and the occasion is a benefit for Superfamilia KC […]
Poetry workshop in collaboration with Rainier Beach Action Coalition. June 6, 2026 11 AM-1 PM