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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)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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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/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240222T170000
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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)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240218T150000
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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-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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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)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240211T150000
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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-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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240208T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240208T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
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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)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240211
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240204T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240204T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20240113T235227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240113T235227Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240202T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240202T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20240108T234959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240108T235058Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20231212T005458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T005458Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240128T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240128T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20231212T005149Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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)
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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240121T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240121T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20230823T184605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T184605Z
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240119T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20240112T213726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240112T213812Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240119T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
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SUMMARY:Arundel Books Reading
DESCRIPTION:The editors of Cascadian Zen: Volume I will be joined by four other poets from the new anthology at Arundel Books\, at 7pm\, Friday\, January 19\, 2024. Free tickets are available at Eventbrite. The event is a celebration the creative voices that came together to create the anthology comprised of poetry\, non-fiction\, and art dedicated to the bioregion of Cascadia. \nWhat is the nature of the bioregion known as Cascadia? How is this insight expressed by the people who live\, work\, practice\, and play here? Is there a connection between Zen practice\, broadly construed\, and the Cascadia bioregion? If so\, what is it? Who have been the teachers in the relatively short time that Zen has been known in this bioregion? What role does water play here\, more so than in other bioregions and what implications does that have for the people who live here\, for their practice? \nReaders will include Adelia MacWilliam\, Paul Nelson\, Jason Wirth\, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs\, Terran Campbell\, Ann Spiers & Alicia Hokanson. \nLocation: Arundel Books323 1st Ave S.Seattle WA 98104
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/arundel-books-reading/
LOCATION:Arundel Books\, 323 1st Ave S.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Cascadian-Zen-Softcover-Front_CPLBOOKS.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240114T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240114T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20230823T184450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T184450Z
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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-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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240107T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240107T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20230823T184309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T184309Z
UID:20139-1704639600-1704645000@cascadiapoeticslab.org
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-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:20231217T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231217T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T184151Z
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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-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:20231210T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231210T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T184025Z
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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-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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20231109T024805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T024810Z
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SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Launch in Ilwaco\, WA
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-launch-in-ilwaco-wa/
LOCATION:Time Enough Books\, 157 Howerton Way SE # A\, Ilwaco\, WA\, 98624\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231207T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231207T143000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20231109T023720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T023727Z
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SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Presentation
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-presentation/
LOCATION:Peninsula College\, 1502 E Lauridsen Blvd\, Port Angeles\, 98362\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231204T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20231016T235849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T235849Z
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SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Reading at Elliott Bay Book Company
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Cascadian Zen Vol. I with us at Elliott Bay Book Company!\nWe will be hosting a presentation and reading for Cascadian Zen Vol. I at Elliott Bay Book Company in Capitol Hill\, Seattle! \nCelebrate the publication of our poetry anthology featuring distinguished writers and artists of the Cascadia bioregion with us on December 4\, 2023. The reading will feature CZ editors Paul Nelson\, Dr. Jason Wirth and Adelia MacWilliam.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-reading-at-elliott-bay-book-company/
LOCATION:Elliott Bay Book Compay\, 1521 10th Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Cascadian-Zen-Softcover-Complete-medium-res_20230914.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231203T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231203T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20230823T183548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T183548Z
UID:20132-1701615600-1701621000@cascadiapoeticslab.org
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-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;VALUE=DATE:20231128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231129
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230912T205504Z
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SUMMARY:Giving Tuesday
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate radical generosity\nGiving Tuesday is a national movement held every year on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving with the intention of spreading generosity. Everyone is encouraged to participate however they can\, and the Giving Tuesday website has multiple ideas for individuals and organizations to give today. \nCascadia Poetics Lab is a nonprofit organization with the mission of empowering people to practice poetry and deepen connections to place\, self and the present moment. Through our programs\, we aim to converge self-knowledge\, bioregionalism and creativity. Donations to Cascadia Poetics Lab are always welcome and appreciated! Happy Giving!
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/giving-tuesday/
LOCATION:Cascadia Poetics Lab
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/giving-tuesday-1.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231126T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231126T163000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20230823T183420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T183420Z
UID:20130-1701010800-1701016200@cascadiapoeticslab.org
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-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:20231124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231124T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20231109T022809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T022809Z
UID:21237-1700852400-1700859600@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Launch in Waitsburg
DESCRIPTION:Seattle-based poetry nonprofit Cascadia Poetics Lab anticipates multiple celebrations throughout the Cascadia bioregion to celebrate the release of their poetry anthology Cascadian Zen Vol. I\, published by Watershed Press. Among these celebrations will be a launch event at the Royal Block\, a hotel and art event space based in Waitsburg\, WA. The event will be taking place on November 24\, 2023 at 7 P.M. and is open to the public! READ MORE.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-launch-in-waitsburg/
LOCATION:The Royal Block\, 222 MAIN STREET\, WAITSBURG\, WA\, 99361\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231124T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T230608
CREATED:20231016T233948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T235306Z
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SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Event at the Royal Block
DESCRIPTION:We are hosting a launch event for Cascadian Zen Vol. I at the Royal Block!\nTo celebrate the release of Cascadian Zen Vol. I\, we will be hosting a launch event at the Royal Block\, a hotel and art space in Waitsburg\, WA. Presenting and reading at this event will be Adelia MacWilliam\, Dr. Jason Wirth\, Paul Nelson and Sharon Thesen. Celebrate our accomplishment in poetry and place with us by joining the presenters at the event!
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-event-at-the-royal-block/
LOCATION:The Royal Block\, 222 MAIN STREET\, WAITSBURG\, WA\, 99361\, United States
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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/
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:20231116T160000
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SUMMARY:Poetics As Cosmology Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A five week online (Zoom) workshop for people who have some spontaneous poetry composition experience & want to go deep. Join Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson in a lively course designed to help you tap into deeper levels of knowing that can begin inform your non-writing life & reduce reliance on editing. Some theory to understand the poetics of 20th/21st c approaches to spontaneous composition (see below) some writing exercises\, discussion and between class homework. The work of Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands will be discussed each week as well as work from poets like\, Michael McClure\, Wanda Coleman\, Brenda Hillman\, Nate Mackey\, Robert Duncan\, Robin Blaser and others. along with concepts such as seriality\, & investigative poetics & how to write more by getting the most out of first drafts. There will be reading\, writing and other assigned materials/exercises available a week before the course begins and each week after. \nThursdays\, 4-6pm Pacific Time\nOct 19 & 26 and Nov 2\, 9\, & 16. $250.\nSome scholarships available. \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology-overland-to-levertov-5/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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