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SUMMARY:Poetics as Cosmology
DESCRIPTION:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen Basket 3\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for first-time and continuing participants in the online workshops facilitated by Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson. Participate in reading and discussion of foundational essays\, interviews\, listening and other assignments\, as well as spontaneous poetry composition exercises\, in the first of three\, five week courses to happen before next postcard season. In Fall 2024\, we will explore passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket Three\, and related texts and assignments. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a creative participant in the world to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? How is the projective poem an antidote to Silicon Valley attention fracking? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Thursdays\, 3-5pm Pacific Time (October 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, and 31\, 2024). \nThursday Nights\, 3-5 PM Pacific Time\nOctober 3 – October 31\, 2024\n(October 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, and 31) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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SUMMARY:Governance Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Poetics Lab Governance Committee meetings via Zoom every first Tuesday of the month at 8 a.m. P.T.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/governance-committee-meeting/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240929T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240929T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240912T154939Z
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SUMMARY:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem
DESCRIPTION:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Cascadian Zen Basket 3\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop best suited for continuing participants and more experienced poets (open to open form) in workshops facilitated by Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson. Participate in reading and discussion of foundational essays\, interviews\, listening and other assignments\, as well as spontaneous poetry composition exercises\, in the first of three five week courses to happen before the next postcard season. In Fall 2024\, we will explore passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket Three\, and related texts and assignments. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and how can one maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, & allow one’s life as a creative participant in the world to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? How is the projective poem an antidote to Silicon Valley attention fracking? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 3-5pm PDT (September 29\, October 6\, 13\, 20\, and 27) by invitation only. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to both five-week sessions in the 2024 season. \nSunday nights\, 3-5 PM Pacific Time\nSeptember 29 – October 27\, 2024 \nSeptember 29\nOctober 6\, 13\, 20\, 27 \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240911T210844Z
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SUMMARY:CPL Board Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Board retreat for Cascadia Poetics Lab board members to meet the new grant writer and conduct a strategic plan for the organization. \nSeptember 22\, 2024\n8:30 AM-4:30 PM
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cpl-board-retreat-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240902
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
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SUMMARY:Day Song 2024
DESCRIPTION: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 found here: Inside the Day Song and Day Song as Vision Quest.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/day-song-2024/
LOCATION:Remote
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240826T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240826T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240721T195322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240721T195412Z
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SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen launch on Quadra Island
DESCRIPTION:Cascadian Zen Vol. I Quadra Island Launch\nWith readings by Jan Zwicky\, Robert Bringhurst\, Paul Nelson\, Jason Wirth and Adelia MacWilliam \nWHERE: Community Hall\n970 West Road\nQuadra Island\, B.C.\nWHEN: August 26\, 2024\n7 PM – 9 PM \n 
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-launch-on-quadra-island/
LOCATION:Community Hall\, 970 West Road\, Quadra Island\, British Columbia\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240824T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240825T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240727T013840Z
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SUMMARY:A Weekend of Cascadian Zen: Cumberland
DESCRIPTION:August 24 & 25\, 2024 A Weekend of Cascadian Zen: Cumberland\nWatershed Press celebrates the Cumberland launch of Cascadian Zen Volume I\nAugust 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. \nSaturday 8/24\n\n2 PM – 4:30 PM – A poetry workshop by Seattle poet Paul Nelson\, “Poetics as Cosmology” (a workshop on spontaneous composition). Cost: $24-$75\n7 PM – 9 PM – A talk\, “What is Cascadian Zen?” by the editors of Cascadian Zen (Wirth\, Nelson\, and MacWilliam). Followed by readings by contributors to the Cascadian Zen anthology and drinks afterward at the Waverly Pub. Suggested donation of $15.00\n\nSunday 8/25\n\n10 AM – 12 PM – A talk by Indigenous elder Wedlidi Speck\, Wedlidi is a member of the Namgis First Nation of Alert Bay and hereditary Head chief of the G’ixsam Clan of the Kwakiutl proper. Suggested donation of $15.00\n2 PM – 4 PM –  A talk by award-winning poet and philosopher Jan Zwicky on nature poetry and lyric. Suggested donation of $15.00.\n\nLocation and Date\nThe Abbey Studio\n2689 Penrith Ave\nCumberland\, B.C. \nAugust 24\, 2024\, 2PM – 4:30PM\nAugust 25\, 2024\, 10AM-12PM; 2PM-4PM
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/a-weekend-of-cascadian-zen-cumberland/
LOCATION:The Abbey Studio\, 2689 Penrith Ave\, Cumberland\, British Columbia\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240822T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240822T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240721T201123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240806T235257Z
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SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen: Mountain Rain Zen Community
DESCRIPTION:August 22\, 2024 Cascadian Zen: Mountain Rain Zen Community\nA talk and reading with the three editors of Cascadian Zen Volume One\, Paul Nelson\, Jason Wirth\, and Adelia MacWilliam accompanied by Daphne Marlatt. \nLocation and Date\nMountain Rain Zen Community\n2016 Wall Street\nVancouver\, B.C. \nAugust 22\, 2024 7PM – 9PM
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-mountain-zen-rain-center/
LOCATION:Mountain Rain Zen Commuity\, 2016 Wall St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240810T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240814T100000
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CREATED:20240616T052802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240616T052802Z
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SUMMARY:Mapes Creek Radiance
DESCRIPTION: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 expected or required\, only a willingness to gather together and be open to what may arise from our shared creek-side experiences.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/mapes-creek-radiance/
LOCATION:Mapes Creek\, 8650 55th Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240806T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240806T090000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240603T181057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T181057Z
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SUMMARY:Governance Committee Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Poetics Lab Governance Committee meetings via Zoom every first Tuesday of the month at 8 a.m.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/governance-committee-meetings-3/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240714T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240714T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240616T052323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240616T052323Z
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SUMMARY:Postcards from Mapes Creek
DESCRIPTION: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 participants will read their postcard poetry on the park stage near Mapes Creek.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/postcards-from-mapes-creek/
LOCATION:Mapes Creek\, 8650 55th Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240714T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240714T150000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240616T051410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240616T052424Z
UID:23586-1720954800-1720969200@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Postcards from Here
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/postcards-from-here/
LOCATION:Olympic Sculpture Park\, 2901 Western Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98121\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240704
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240901
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T235209Z
UID:20366-1720051200-1725148799@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:2024 Poetry Postcard Fest
DESCRIPTION:Join us for 56 days of intuitive writing and join a growing and dedicated community of writers from around the world! \nOn 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 everyone is encouraged to be as creative as they’d like! Founded by Paul Nelson and Lana Ayers in 2007\, the Poetry Postcard Fest is an exercise in spontaneous composition\, and a way for poets to not only connect to other poets\, but to learn to trust their own creative intuition by avoiding revision. The self-guided structure of the fest allows for flexibility with participant schedules\, but it is preferred for all postcards to be sent by August 31.   \nRegistration is open now! Further instruction\, resources and ideas can be found on the Poetry Postcard Fest page.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/2024-poetry-postcard-fest/
LOCATION:Cascadia Poetics Lab
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240702T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240702T090000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240603T180849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T180912Z
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SUMMARY:Governance Committee Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Poetics Lab Governance Committee meetings via Zoom every first Tuesday of the month at 8 a.m.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/governance-committee-meetings-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240611T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240114T000755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240114T000755Z
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SUMMARY:CPL Board Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Poetics Lab Board Meetings\nEvery second Tuesday of the month at 6 PM \nMore info on CPL’s board available HERE.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cpl-board-meetings-4/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240604T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240604T090000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240603T180639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T180639Z
UID:23313-1717488000-1717491600@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Governance Committee Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Poetics Lab Governance Committee meetings via Zoom every first Tuesday of the month at 8 a.m.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/governance-committee-meetings/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240430T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240303T214424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T214424Z
UID:22533-1714500000-1714505400@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Oregon Launch at Broadway Books April 30 2024
DESCRIPTION:The Oregon launch of Cascadian Zen Monday happens at 6pm\, April 30 2024 at Broadway Books in Portland\, Oregon\, with John Brehm\, Robert Michael Pyle\, Cate Gable\, Ann Spiers and co-editors Paul E Nelson and Jason Wirth. \nBroadway Books\n1714 NE Broadway\nPortland\, OR 97232\n503-284-1726\nwww.broadwaybooks.net
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-oregon-launch-at-broadway-books-april-30-2024/
LOCATION:Broadway Books\, 1714 NE Broadway\, Portland\, OR\, 97232\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240428T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240428T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240113T221205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T001946Z
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SUMMARY:The Cantos of Ezra Pound (Winter - Spring 2024)
DESCRIPTION:“All times are contemporaneous in the mind.” Ezra Pound’s CANTOS is a tough book. “It can’t all be done in one language\,” Pound wrote\, and the pages bristle with Greek\, Latin\, French\, Russian\, Spanish\, & Occitain phrases\, stanzas\, fragments or bits. For North American poetry the book may be a beacon of “clarity” (as Allen Ginsberg put it)\, “it helps us to see.” But having a guide to help you through\, to see the architecture of the whole\, to point out landmarks and sources\, helps a great deal. I had my own guides\, and enjoy leading people through the territory\, having taught it at the Jack Kerouac School many times. \nThe class will immerse ourselves in “the Pound era\,” Imagism\, Vorticism\, Ideogram composition via the Zoom online platform. We’ll touch on contemporaries\, those who Pound knew: HD\, WC Williams\, WB Yeats\, Marianne Moore\, Mina Loy &c. Then to ancestral presences: Troubadors of Provence\, lyricists of classical Greek\, poets of Tang Dynasty China\, dancers of Japanese Noh. Homer\, Ovid\, and Dante will be guides\, the course will move through time and space\, visiting the planet’s politics & economics\, arts & wars. “An epic is a poem that includes history”: the CANTOS. \nThis will be a collaborative reading session. I (Andrew Schelling) am not an academic expert on the Cantos\, but offer presence and insight. I’ve been a reader of Ezra Pound and his poetry for years. Coming at it as an active poet\, I will point out structural aspects of the book that can baffle first-time readers. I will point to literary and political themes to help grasp why Pound’s Cantos have been such a tough but indispensable poem since he began it from the “smouldering boundary stones” of Troy and the wreckage of WW I until today. No one can read the book alone; we need to read it together. $200 for 8 sessions. \nSundays 3-5:00 PM Pacific Time \nMarch 10\, 17\, 24\, 31\nApril 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\nSome scholarships available. \nAndrew Schelling\, poet & translator\, lives in the mountains of Colorado’s Front Range at 8000 feet\, on a ridge between Four Mile and Black Diamond creeks (drain east into the Platte River). Eight books of poetry translated—Sanskrit & related tongues—old time poets. Contention over land use at Bears Ears prompted regular excursions into arid canyons that cradle rock art\, ruins\, & pre-history. Twenty-odd books include The Facts at Dog Tank Spring\, Love and the Turning Seasons: India’s Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing\, and Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture. \nThe Cantos of Ezra Pound Fall-Winter 2023 Workshop \nLINK TO REGISTRATION PAGE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/the-cantos-of-ezra-pound-winter-spring-2024-8/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-The-Cantos-of-Ezra-Pound-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240113T221051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T002054Z
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SUMMARY:The Cantos of Ezra Pound (Winter - Spring 2024)
DESCRIPTION:“All times are contemporaneous in the mind.” Ezra Pound’s CANTOS is a tough book. “It can’t all be done in one language\,” Pound wrote\, and the pages bristle with Greek\, Latin\, French\, Russian\, Spanish\, & Occitain phrases\, stanzas\, fragments or bits. For North American poetry the book may be a beacon of “clarity” (as Allen Ginsberg put it)\, “it helps us to see.” But having a guide to help you through\, to see the architecture of the whole\, to point out landmarks and sources\, helps a great deal. I had my own guides\, and enjoy leading people through the territory\, having taught it at the Jack Kerouac School many times. \nThe class will immerse ourselves in “the Pound era\,” Imagism\, Vorticism\, Ideogram composition via the Zoom online platform. We’ll touch on contemporaries\, those who Pound knew: HD\, WC Williams\, WB Yeats\, Marianne Moore\, Mina Loy &c. Then to ancestral presences: Troubadors of Provence\, lyricists of classical Greek\, poets of Tang Dynasty China\, dancers of Japanese Noh. Homer\, Ovid\, and Dante will be guides\, the course will move through time and space\, visiting the planet’s politics & economics\, arts & wars. “An epic is a poem that includes history”: the CANTOS. \nThis will be a collaborative reading session. I (Andrew Schelling) am not an academic expert on the Cantos\, but offer presence and insight. I’ve been a reader of Ezra Pound and his poetry for years. Coming at it as an active poet\, I will point out structural aspects of the book that can baffle first-time readers. I will point to literary and political themes to help grasp why Pound’s Cantos have been such a tough but indispensable poem since he began it from the “smouldering boundary stones” of Troy and the wreckage of WW I until today. No one can read the book alone; we need to read it together. $200 for 8 sessions. \nSundays 3-5:00 PM Pacific Time \nMarch 10\, 17\, 24\, 31\nApril 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\nSome scholarships available. \nAndrew Schelling\, poet & translator\, lives in the mountains of Colorado’s Front Range at 8000 feet\, on a ridge between Four Mile and Black Diamond creeks (drain east into the Platte River). Eight books of poetry translated—Sanskrit & related tongues—old time poets. Contention over land use at Bears Ears prompted regular excursions into arid canyons that cradle rock art\, ruins\, & pre-history. Twenty-odd books include The Facts at Dog Tank Spring\, Love and the Turning Seasons: India’s Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing\, and Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture. \nThe Cantos of Ezra Pound Fall-Winter 2023 Workshop \nLINK TO REGISTRATION PAGE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/the-cantos-of-ezra-pound-winter-spring-2024-7/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-The-Cantos-of-Ezra-Pound-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T140000
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DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
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SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Village Books Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join the Cascadian Zen Editors at Village Books in Bellingham!\nCascadian Zen Vol. I editors Paul Nelson\, Adelia MacWilliam and Jason Wirth will be presenting and reading from the anthology at Village Books and Paper Dreams in Bellingham\, WA on April 21\, 2024 at 2 P.M! More information on the reading and the ability to reserve your seat ahead of time is available HERE. \nPurchase Cascadian Zen Vol. I HERE.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-village-books-reading/
LOCATION:Village Books and Paper Dreams\, 1200 11th St\, Bellingham\, WA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240125T012223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240407T185610Z
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SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Canadian Launch April 20\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the Canadian launch of Cascadian Zen at People’s Co-op Bookstore\, Saturday\, April 20\, 2024 at 7pm. The anthology’s three co-editors: Paul E Nelson\, Tetsuzen Jason Wirth and Adelia MacWilliam will be presenting along with Daphne Marlatt\, Jami Macarty and Kate Braid. What an honor to debut this book in Canada at People’s Co-op!
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-peoples-co-op/
LOCATION:People’s Co-op\, 1391 Commercial Drive\, Vancouver\, BC\, V5L3X5\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240414T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240414T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240113T220932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T002333Z
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SUMMARY:The Cantos of Ezra Pound (Winter - Spring 2024)
DESCRIPTION:“All times are contemporaneous in the mind.” Ezra Pound’s CANTOS is a tough book. “It can’t all be done in one language\,” Pound wrote\, and the pages bristle with Greek\, Latin\, French\, Russian\, Spanish\, & Occitain phrases\, stanzas\, fragments or bits. For North American poetry the book may be a beacon of “clarity” (as Allen Ginsberg put it)\, “it helps us to see.” But having a guide to help you through\, to see the architecture of the whole\, to point out landmarks and sources\, helps a great deal. I had my own guides\, and enjoy leading people through the territory\, having taught it at the Jack Kerouac School many times. \nThe class will immerse ourselves in “the Pound era\,” Imagism\, Vorticism\, Ideogram composition via the Zoom online platform. We’ll touch on contemporaries\, those who Pound knew: HD\, WC Williams\, WB Yeats\, Marianne Moore\, Mina Loy &c. Then to ancestral presences: Troubadors of Provence\, lyricists of classical Greek\, poets of Tang Dynasty China\, dancers of Japanese Noh. Homer\, Ovid\, and Dante will be guides\, the course will move through time and space\, visiting the planet’s politics & economics\, arts & wars. “An epic is a poem that includes history”: the CANTOS. \nThis will be a collaborative reading session. I (Andrew Schelling) am not an academic expert on the Cantos\, but offer presence and insight. I’ve been a reader of Ezra Pound and his poetry for years. Coming at it as an active poet\, I will point out structural aspects of the book that can baffle first-time readers. I will point to literary and political themes to help grasp why Pound’s Cantos have been such a tough but indispensable poem since he began it from the “smouldering boundary stones” of Troy and the wreckage of WW I until today. No one can read the book alone; we need to read it together. $200 for 8 sessions. \nSundays 3-5:00 PM Pacific Time \nMarch 10\, 17\, 24\, 31\nApril 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\nSome scholarships available. \nAndrew Schelling\, poet & translator\, lives in the mountains of Colorado’s Front Range at 8000 feet\, on a ridge between Four Mile and Black Diamond creeks (drain east into the Platte River). Eight books of poetry translated—Sanskrit & related tongues—old time poets. Contention over land use at Bears Ears prompted regular excursions into arid canyons that cradle rock art\, ruins\, & pre-history. Twenty-odd books include The Facts at Dog Tank Spring\, Love and the Turning Seasons: India’s Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing\, and Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture. \nThe Cantos of Ezra Pound Fall-Winter 2023 Workshop \nLINK TO REGISTRATION PAGE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/the-cantos-of-ezra-pound-winter-spring-2024-6/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-The-Cantos-of-Ezra-Pound-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240314T141504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T141831Z
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SUMMARY:Beer Sheva Park Grand Opening
DESCRIPTION:The Cascadia Poetics Lab will be tabling the grand re-opening of Be’er Sheva Park in Rainier Beach to pass out poetry postcards and bookmarks and have books available for sale. The park is amazing and you should see it.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/beer-sheva-park-grand-opening/
LOCATION:Be’er Sheva Park\, 8650 55th Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240113T235549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240113T235549Z
UID:22114-1712685600-1712689200@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:CPL Board Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Poetics Lab monthly board meetings\nEvery second Tuesday of the month at 6 PM \nMore info on CPL’s board available HERE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cpl-board-meetings/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3C507C84-105D-475B-995C-A5600C3E636C.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240407T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240407T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240113T220813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T002406Z
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SUMMARY:The Cantos of Ezra Pound (Winter - Spring 2024)
DESCRIPTION:“All times are contemporaneous in the mind.” Ezra Pound’s CANTOS is a tough book. “It can’t all be done in one language\,” Pound wrote\, and the pages bristle with Greek\, Latin\, French\, Russian\, Spanish\, & Occitain phrases\, stanzas\, fragments or bits. For North American poetry the book may be a beacon of “clarity” (as Allen Ginsberg put it)\, “it helps us to see.” But having a guide to help you through\, to see the architecture of the whole\, to point out landmarks and sources\, helps a great deal. I had my own guides\, and enjoy leading people through the territory\, having taught it at the Jack Kerouac School many times. \nThe class will immerse ourselves in “the Pound era\,” Imagism\, Vorticism\, Ideogram composition via the Zoom online platform. We’ll touch on contemporaries\, those who Pound knew: HD\, WC Williams\, WB Yeats\, Marianne Moore\, Mina Loy &c. Then to ancestral presences: Troubadors of Provence\, lyricists of classical Greek\, poets of Tang Dynasty China\, dancers of Japanese Noh. Homer\, Ovid\, and Dante will be guides\, the course will move through time and space\, visiting the planet’s politics & economics\, arts & wars. “An epic is a poem that includes history”: the CANTOS. \nThis will be a collaborative reading session. I (Andrew Schelling) am not an academic expert on the Cantos\, but offer presence and insight. I’ve been a reader of Ezra Pound and his poetry for years. Coming at it as an active poet\, I will point out structural aspects of the book that can baffle first-time readers. I will point to literary and political themes to help grasp why Pound’s Cantos have been such a tough but indispensable poem since he began it from the “smouldering boundary stones” of Troy and the wreckage of WW I until today. No one can read the book alone; we need to read it together. $200 for 8 sessions. \nSundays 3-5:00 PM Pacific Time \nMarch 10\, 17\, 24\, 31\nApril 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\nSome scholarships available. \nAndrew Schelling\, poet & translator\, lives in the mountains of Colorado’s Front Range at 8000 feet\, on a ridge between Four Mile and Black Diamond creeks (drain east into the Platte River). Eight books of poetry translated—Sanskrit & related tongues—old time poets. Contention over land use at Bears Ears prompted regular excursions into arid canyons that cradle rock art\, ruins\, & pre-history. Twenty-odd books include The Facts at Dog Tank Spring\, Love and the Turning Seasons: India’s Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing\, and Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture. \nThe Cantos of Ezra Pound Fall-Winter 2023 Workshop \nLINK TO REGISTRATION PAGE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/the-cantos-of-ezra-pound-winter-spring-2024-5/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-The-Cantos-of-Ezra-Pound-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240331T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240331T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T002248Z
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SUMMARY:The Cantos of Ezra Pound (Winter - Spring 2024)
DESCRIPTION:“All times are contemporaneous in the mind.” Ezra Pound’s CANTOS is a tough book. “It can’t all be done in one language\,” Pound wrote\, and the pages bristle with Greek\, Latin\, French\, Russian\, Spanish\, & Occitain phrases\, stanzas\, fragments or bits. For North American poetry the book may be a beacon of “clarity” (as Allen Ginsberg put it)\, “it helps us to see.” But having a guide to help you through\, to see the architecture of the whole\, to point out landmarks and sources\, helps a great deal. I had my own guides\, and enjoy leading people through the territory\, having taught it at the Jack Kerouac School many times. \nThe class will immerse ourselves in “the Pound era\,” Imagism\, Vorticism\, Ideogram composition via the Zoom online platform. We’ll touch on contemporaries\, those who Pound knew: HD\, WC Williams\, WB Yeats\, Marianne Moore\, Mina Loy &c. Then to ancestral presences: Troubadors of Provence\, lyricists of classical Greek\, poets of Tang Dynasty China\, dancers of Japanese Noh. Homer\, Ovid\, and Dante will be guides\, the course will move through time and space\, visiting the planet’s politics & economics\, arts & wars. “An epic is a poem that includes history”: the CANTOS. \nThis will be a collaborative reading session. I (Andrew Schelling) am not an academic expert on the Cantos\, but offer presence and insight. I’ve been a reader of Ezra Pound and his poetry for years. Coming at it as an active poet\, I will point out structural aspects of the book that can baffle first-time readers. I will point to literary and political themes to help grasp why Pound’s Cantos have been such a tough but indispensable poem since he began it from the “smouldering boundary stones” of Troy and the wreckage of WW I until today. No one can read the book alone; we need to read it together. $200 for 8 sessions. \nSundays 3-5:00 PM Pacific Time \nMarch 10\, 17\, 24\, 31\nApril 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\nSome scholarships available. \nAndrew Schelling\, poet & translator\, lives in the mountains of Colorado’s Front Range at 8000 feet\, on a ridge between Four Mile and Black Diamond creeks (drain east into the Platte River). Eight books of poetry translated—Sanskrit & related tongues—old time poets. Contention over land use at Bears Ears prompted regular excursions into arid canyons that cradle rock art\, ruins\, & pre-history. Twenty-odd books include The Facts at Dog Tank Spring\, Love and the Turning Seasons: India’s Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing\, and Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture. \nThe Cantos of Ezra Pound Fall-Winter 2023 Workshop \nLINK TO REGISTRATION PAGE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/the-cantos-of-ezra-pound-winter-spring-2024-4/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-The-Cantos-of-Ezra-Pound-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240324T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240324T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T002504Z
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SUMMARY:The Cantos of Ezra Pound (Winter - Spring 2024)
DESCRIPTION:“All times are contemporaneous in the mind.” Ezra Pound’s CANTOS is a tough book. “It can’t all be done in one language\,” Pound wrote\, and the pages bristle with Greek\, Latin\, French\, Russian\, Spanish\, & Occitain phrases\, stanzas\, fragments or bits. For North American poetry the book may be a beacon of “clarity” (as Allen Ginsberg put it)\, “it helps us to see.” But having a guide to help you through\, to see the architecture of the whole\, to point out landmarks and sources\, helps a great deal. I had my own guides\, and enjoy leading people through the territory\, having taught it at the Jack Kerouac School many times. \nThe class will immerse ourselves in “the Pound era\,” Imagism\, Vorticism\, Ideogram composition via the Zoom online platform. We’ll touch on contemporaries\, those who Pound knew: HD\, WC Williams\, WB Yeats\, Marianne Moore\, Mina Loy &c. Then to ancestral presences: Troubadors of Provence\, lyricists of classical Greek\, poets of Tang Dynasty China\, dancers of Japanese Noh. Homer\, Ovid\, and Dante will be guides\, the course will move through time and space\, visiting the planet’s politics & economics\, arts & wars. “An epic is a poem that includes history”: the CANTOS. \nThis will be a collaborative reading session. I (Andrew Schelling) am not an academic expert on the Cantos\, but offer presence and insight. I’ve been a reader of Ezra Pound and his poetry for years. Coming at it as an active poet\, I will point out structural aspects of the book that can baffle first-time readers. I will point to literary and political themes to help grasp why Pound’s Cantos have been such a tough but indispensable poem since he began it from the “smouldering boundary stones” of Troy and the wreckage of WW I until today. No one can read the book alone; we need to read it together. $200 for 8 sessions. \nSundays 3-5:00 PM Pacific Time \nMarch 10\, 17\, 24\, 31\nApril 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\nSome scholarships available. \nAndrew Schelling\, poet & translator\, lives in the mountains of Colorado’s Front Range at 8000 feet\, on a ridge between Four Mile and Black Diamond creeks (drain east into the Platte River). Eight books of poetry translated—Sanskrit & related tongues—old time poets. Contention over land use at Bears Ears prompted regular excursions into arid canyons that cradle rock art\, ruins\, & pre-history. Twenty-odd books include The Facts at Dog Tank Spring\, Love and the Turning Seasons: India’s Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing\, and Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture. \nThe Cantos of Ezra Pound Fall-Winter 2023 Workshop \nLINK TO REGISTRATION PAGE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/the-cantos-of-ezra-pound-winter-spring-2024-3/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-The-Cantos-of-Ezra-Pound-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240317T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240317T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T002545Z
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SUMMARY:The Cantos of Ezra Pound (Winter - Spring 2024)
DESCRIPTION:“All times are contemporaneous in the mind.” Ezra Pound’s CANTOS is a tough book. “It can’t all be done in one language\,” Pound wrote\, and the pages bristle with Greek\, Latin\, French\, Russian\, Spanish\, & Occitain phrases\, stanzas\, fragments or bits. For North American poetry the book may be a beacon of “clarity” (as Allen Ginsberg put it)\, “it helps us to see.” But having a guide to help you through\, to see the architecture of the whole\, to point out landmarks and sources\, helps a great deal. I had my own guides\, and enjoy leading people through the territory\, having taught it at the Jack Kerouac School many times. \nThe class will immerse ourselves in “the Pound era\,” Imagism\, Vorticism\, Ideogram composition via the Zoom online platform. We’ll touch on contemporaries\, those who Pound knew: HD\, WC Williams\, WB Yeats\, Marianne Moore\, Mina Loy &c. Then to ancestral presences: Troubadors of Provence\, lyricists of classical Greek\, poets of Tang Dynasty China\, dancers of Japanese Noh. Homer\, Ovid\, and Dante will be guides\, the course will move through time and space\, visiting the planet’s politics & economics\, arts & wars. “An epic is a poem that includes history”: the CANTOS. \nThis will be a collaborative reading session. I (Andrew Schelling) am not an academic expert on the Cantos\, but offer presence and insight. I’ve been a reader of Ezra Pound and his poetry for years. Coming at it as an active poet\, I will point out structural aspects of the book that can baffle first-time readers. I will point to literary and political themes to help grasp why Pound’s Cantos have been such a tough but indispensable poem since he began it from the “smouldering boundary stones” of Troy and the wreckage of WW I until today. No one can read the book alone; we need to read it together. $200 for 8 sessions. \nThursdays 3-5:00 PM Pacific Time \nMarch 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\nApril 4\, 11\, 18\, 25\nSome scholarships available. \nAndrew Schelling\, poet & translator\, lives in the mountains of Colorado’s Front Range at 8000 feet\, on a ridge between Four Mile and Black Diamond creeks (drain east into the Platte River). Eight books of poetry translated—Sanskrit & related tongues—old time poets. Contention over land use at Bears Ears prompted regular excursions into arid canyons that cradle rock art\, ruins\, & pre-history. Twenty-odd books include The Facts at Dog Tank Spring\, Love and the Turning Seasons: India’s Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing\, and Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture. \nThe Cantos of Ezra Pound Fall-Winter 2023 Workshop \nLINK TO REGISTRATION PAGE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/the-cantos-of-ezra-pound-winter-spring-2024-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-The-Cantos-of-Ezra-Pound-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240109T012845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T012845Z
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SUMMARY:CPL Board Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Poetics Lab Board Meetings\nEvery second Tuesday of the month at 6 PM \nMore info on CPL’s board available HERE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cpl-board-meetings-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3C507C84-105D-475B-995C-A5600C3E636C.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240310T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240310T150000
DTSTAMP:20260407T195127
CREATED:20240113T215844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T002412Z
UID:22093-1710082800-1710082800@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:The Cantos of Ezra Pound (Winter - Spring 2024)
DESCRIPTION:“All times are contemporaneous in the mind.” Ezra Pound’s CANTOS is a tough book. “It can’t all be done in one language\,” Pound wrote\, and the pages bristle with Greek\, Latin\, French\, Russian\, Spanish\, & Occitain phrases\, stanzas\, fragments or bits. For North American poetry the book may be a beacon of “clarity” (as Allen Ginsberg put it)\, “it helps us to see.” But having a guide to help you through\, to see the architecture of the whole\, to point out landmarks and sources\, helps a great deal. I had my own guides\, and enjoy leading people through the territory\, having taught it at the Jack Kerouac School many times. \nThe class will immerse ourselves in “the Pound era\,” Imagism\, Vorticism\, Ideogram composition via the Zoom online platform. We’ll touch on contemporaries\, those who Pound knew: HD\, WC Williams\, WB Yeats\, Marianne Moore\, Mina Loy &c. Then to ancestral presences: Troubadors of Provence\, lyricists of classical Greek\, poets of Tang Dynasty China\, dancers of Japanese Noh. Homer\, Ovid\, and Dante will be guides\, the course will move through time and space\, visiting the planet’s politics & economics\, arts & wars. “An epic is a poem that includes history”: the CANTOS. \nThis will be a collaborative reading session. I (Andrew Schelling) am not an academic expert on the Cantos\, but offer presence and insight. I’ve been a reader of Ezra Pound and his poetry for years. Coming at it as an active poet\, I will point out structural aspects of the book that can baffle first-time readers. I will point to literary and political themes to help grasp why Pound’s Cantos have been such a tough but indispensable poem since he began it from the “smouldering boundary stones” of Troy and the wreckage of WW I until today. No one can read the book alone; we need to read it together. $200 for 8 sessions. \nSundays 3-5:00 PM Pacific Time \nMarch 10\, 17\, 24\, 31\nApril 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\nSome scholarships available. \nAndrew Schelling\, poet & translator\, lives in the mountains of Colorado’s Front Range at 8000 feet\, on a ridge between Four Mile and Black Diamond creeks (drain east into the Platte River). Eight books of poetry translated—Sanskrit & related tongues—old time poets. Contention over land use at Bears Ears prompted regular excursions into arid canyons that cradle rock art\, ruins\, & pre-history. Twenty-odd books include The Facts at Dog Tank Spring\, Love and the Turning Seasons: India’s Poetry of Spiritual & Erotic Longing\, and Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture. \nThe Cantos of Ezra Pound Fall-Winter 2023 Workshop \nLINK TO REGISTRATION PAGE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/the-cantos-of-ezra-pound-winter-spring-2024/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-The-Cantos-of-Ezra-Pound-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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