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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/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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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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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)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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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)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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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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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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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)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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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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CREATED:20240113T235549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240113T235549Z
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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)
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240331T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
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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:20260407T212050
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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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DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20240109T012845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T012845Z
UID:22052-1710266400-1710270000@cascadiapoeticslab.org
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240310T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240310T150000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20231212T004606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T004606Z
UID:21549-1709218800-1709226000@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen
DESCRIPTION:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen Basket One: Buddha Way\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for 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 second of two five week courses. This season we will be exploring passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket One: The Buddha Way. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Thursday nights\, 3-5pm (February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29\, 2024) by invitation only. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to both five-week sessions in the 2024 season. \nMore information on course material is available HERE. \nThursday Nights\, 3-5 PM Pacific Time\nFebruary 1 – February 29\, 2024\n(February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29\, 2024) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1 \nZoom link: (to be announced)\nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology-cascadian-zen/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-Poetics-As-Cosmology_1080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240225T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240225T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20231212T004724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T004724Z
UID:21559-1708873200-1708880400@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Cascadian Zen
DESCRIPTION:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Cascadian Zen Basket One: Buddha Way\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for 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 two five week courses. This season we will be exploring passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket One: The Buddha Way. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 3-5pm (Jan 28\, February 4\, 11\, 18\, & 25\, 2024) 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\nJanuary 28 – February 25\, 2024\n(Jan 28\, Feb 4\, 11\, 18 & 25\, 2024) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1 \nInvitation Only. Zoom link: (to be announced) \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-cascadian-zen/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-LARFP_1080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240222T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20231212T005239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T005239Z
UID:21547-1708614000-1708621200@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen
DESCRIPTION:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen Basket One: Buddha Way\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for 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 second of two five week courses. This season we will be exploring passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket One: The Buddha Way. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Thursday nights\, 3-5pm (February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29\, 2024) by invitation only. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to both five-week sessions in the 2024 season. \nMore information on course material is available HERE. \nThursday Nights\, 3-5 PM Pacific Time\nFebruary 1 – February 29\, 2024\n(February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29\, 2024) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1 \nZoom link: (to be announced) \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology-cascadian-zen-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-Poetics-As-Cosmology_1080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20231212T004834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T004834Z
UID:21557-1708268400-1708275600@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Cascadian Zen
DESCRIPTION:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Cascadian Zen Basket One: Buddha Way\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for 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 two five week courses. This season we will be exploring passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket One: The Buddha Way. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 3-5pm (Jan 28\, February 4\, 11\, 18\, & 25\, 2024) 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\nJanuary 28 – February 25\, 2024\n(Jan 28\, Feb 4\, 11\, 18 & 25\, 2024) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1 \nInvitation Only. Zoom link: (to be announced) \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-cascadian-zen-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-LARFP_1080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240215T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240215T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20231212T005358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T005358Z
UID:21545-1708009200-1708016400@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen
DESCRIPTION:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen Basket One: Buddha Way\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for 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 second of two five week courses. This season we will be exploring passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket One: The Buddha Way. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Thursday nights\, 3-5pm (February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29\, 2024) by invitation only. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to both five-week sessions in the 2024 season. \nMore information on course material is available HERE. \nThursday Nights\, 3-5 PM Pacific Time\nFebruary 1 – February 29\, 2024\n(February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29\, 2024) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1 \nZoom link: (to be announced) \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology-cascadian-zen-3/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-Poetics-As-Cosmology_1080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240211T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240211T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20231212T004937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T004937Z
UID:21555-1707663600-1707670800@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Cascadian Zen
DESCRIPTION:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Cascadian Zen Basket One: Buddha Way\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for 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 two five week courses. This season we will be exploring passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket One: The Buddha Way. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 3-5pm (Jan 28\, February 4\, 11\, 18\, & 25\, 2024) 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\nJanuary 28 – February 25\, 2024\n(Jan 28\, Feb 4\, 11\, 18 & 25\, 2024) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1 \nInvitation Only. Zoom link: (to be announced) \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-cascadian-zen-3/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-LARFP_1080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240208T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240208T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20231212T005428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T005428Z
UID:21543-1707404400-1707411600@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen
DESCRIPTION:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen Basket One: Buddha Way\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for 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 second of two five week courses. This season we will be exploring passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket One: The Buddha Way. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Thursday nights\, 3-5pm (February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29\, 2024) by invitation only. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to both five-week sessions in the 2024 season. \nMore information on course material is available HERE. \nThursday Nights\, 3-5 PM Pacific Time\nFebruary 1 – February 29\, 2024\n(February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29\, 2024) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1 \nZoom link: (to be announced) \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology-cascadian-zen-4/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-Poetics-As-Cosmology_1080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240211
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20240114T005422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240114T005422Z
UID:22136-1707264000-1707609599@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:AWP 2024 Conference
DESCRIPTION:Association of Writers and Writing Programs 2024 Conference\nThe AWP conference and bookfair is a yearly meeting of writers\, teachers\, students\, editors and publishers with hundreds of events\, presentations and bookfair exhibitions. \n2024 AWP conference will take in Kansas City\, Missouri from February 7-10. More information on the conference schedule\, off-site readings and registration available HERE.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/awp-2024-conference/
LOCATION:Kansas City\, MO\, Kansas City\, MO\, United States
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240204T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240204T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20231212T005050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T005050Z
UID:21553-1707058800-1707066000@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Cascadian Zen
DESCRIPTION:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Cascadian Zen Basket One: Buddha Way\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for 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 two five week courses. This season we will be exploring passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket One: The Buddha Way. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 3-5pm (Jan 28\, February 4\, 11\, 18\, & 25\, 2024) 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\nJanuary 28 – February 25\, 2024\n(Jan 28\, Feb 4\, 11\, 18 & 25\, 2024) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1 \nInvitation Only. Zoom link: (to be announced) \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-cascadian-zen-4/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-LARFP_1080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20240113T235227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240113T235227Z
UID:22049-1706965200-1706976000@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:CPL Board Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Retreat for Cascadia Poetics Lab’s board members and some volunteers\, followed by a celebration for Dr. Jason Wirth’s birthday. More information of CPL’s board members available HERE.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cpl-board-retreat/
LOCATION:Cascadia Poetics Lab
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3C507C84-105D-475B-995C-A5600C3E636C.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240202T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240202T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20240108T234959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240108T235058Z
UID:21863-1706900400-1706907600@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:CPL 30th Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Poetics Lab 30th Anniversary\nCelebrating 30 Years of Cascadia Poetics LAB\n30th Anniversary Party and launch of Cascadian Prophets\, edited by Sharon Thesen \nFriday February 2\, 2024 at 7pm\nColumbia City Gallery\n4865 Rainier Ave S\nSeattle\, WA 98118 \nLaunch of Cascadian Prophets (Interviews 1999-2023)\nFeaturing special guest Sharon Thesen\, editor of Cascadian Prophets\, speaker Dr. Jason Wirth\, and others! \nSponsored by SEEDArts and Columbia City Gallery
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cpl-30th-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:Columbia City Gallery\, 4865 Rainier Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/0.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20231212T005458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T005458Z
UID:21539-1706799600-1706806800@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen
DESCRIPTION:Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen Basket One: Buddha Way\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for 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 second of two five week courses. This season we will be exploring passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket One: The Buddha Way. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Thursday nights\, 3-5pm (February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29\, 2024) by invitation only. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to both five-week sessions in the 2024 season. \nMore information on course material is available HERE. \nThursday Nights\, 3-5 PM Pacific Time\nFebruary 1 – February 29\, 2024\n(February 1\, 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29\, 2024) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1 \nZoom link: (to be announced) \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology-cascadian-zen-5/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-Poetics-As-Cosmology_1080.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240128T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240128T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T212050
CREATED:20231212T005149Z
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SUMMARY:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Cascadian Zen
DESCRIPTION:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Cascadian Zen Basket One: Buddha Way\nA five week online (Zoom) workshop for 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 two five week courses. This season we will be exploring passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 1 – Basket One: The Buddha Way. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, to allow one’s life as a poet to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 3-5pm (Jan 28\, February 4\, 11\, 18\, & 25\, 2024) 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\nJanuary 28 – February 25\, 2024\n(Jan 28\, Feb 4\, 11\, 18 & 25\, 2024) \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 1 \nInvitation Only. Zoom link: (to be announced) \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-cascadian-zen-5/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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SUMMARY:The Cantos of Ezra Pound
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. 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\, 3-4:30 PM Pacific Time\nNov 19 & 26\,\nDecember 3\, 10 & 17\nJan 7\, 14 & 21\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/the-cantos-of-ezra-pound-8/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240119T190000
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SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Arundel Books Reading
DESCRIPTION:Cascadian Zen Vol. I Reading at Arundel Books in Seattle!\nFriday Jan 19\, 2024 7-8:30 PM\nArundel Books\n321 1st Ave S.\nSeattle\, WA 98104 \nReaders include Adelia MacWilliam\, Jason Wirth\, Paul Nelson\, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs\, Terran Campbell\, Ann Spiers\, Alicia Hokanson and John Brehm. More information on the event available HERE.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-arundel-books-reading/
LOCATION:Arundel Books\, 323 1st Ave S.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
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