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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
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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-7/
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-6/
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-5/
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:20231210T163000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231209T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20231109T024805Z
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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:20260408T004244
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231204T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231203T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231203T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T183548Z
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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-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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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231129
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231126T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
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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-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-The-Cantos-of-Ezra-Pound-1.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231124T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231124T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20231016T233948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231016T235306Z
UID:21062-1700852400-1700856000@cascadiapoeticslab.org
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231119T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T183104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T183104Z
UID:20127-1700406000-1700411400@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/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231116T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231116T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T182748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T182748Z
UID:20125-1700150400-1700157600@cascadiapoeticslab.org
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)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Poetics-As-Cosmology-OverlandToLevertov.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231112T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231112T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T181604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T181604Z
UID:20113-1699804800-1699812000@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Life As Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A 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 three five week courses. This season we add a component of Spiritual Ecology\, which will consist of weekly field work designed to deepen participants connection to place. We will also study Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands. (Levertov would have turned 100 October 24\, 2023.) 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\, 4-6pm (Oct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12) by invitation only. Max ten participants. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to all three five week sessions in the 2023/2024 season. \nSunday nights\, 4-6 PM Pacific Time\nOct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12\nby invitation only \nCOURSE MATERIALS WEEK ONE\, Sunday\, October 15\, 2023\, 4-6pm PDT\nREAD: https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-air-aware/ \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-larfp-overland-to-levertov-5/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Life-As-Rehearsal-for-the-Poem.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231109T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231109T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T182633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T182633Z
UID:20123-1699545600-1699552800@cascadiapoeticslab.org
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-4/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Poetics-As-Cosmology-OverlandToLevertov.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231105T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231105T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T181412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T181442Z
UID:20111-1699200000-1699207200@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Life As Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A 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 three five week courses. This season we add a component of Spiritual Ecology\, which will consist of weekly field work designed to deepen participants connection to place. We will also study Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands. (Levertov would have turned 100 October 24\, 2023.) 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\, 4-6pm (Oct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12) by invitation only. Max ten participants. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to all three five week sessions in the 2023/2024 season. \nSunday nights\, 4-6 PM Pacific Time\nOct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12\nby invitation only \nCOURSE MATERIALS WEEK ONE\, Sunday\, October 15\, 2023\, 4-6pm PDT\nREAD: https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-air-aware/ \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-larfp-overland-to-levertov-4/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Life-As-Rehearsal-for-the-Poem.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231102T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231102T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T182508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T182508Z
UID:20121-1698940800-1698948000@cascadiapoeticslab.org
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-3/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Poetics-As-Cosmology-OverlandToLevertov.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231029T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231029T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T181248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T181248Z
UID:20109-1698595200-1698602400@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Life As Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A 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 three five week courses. This season we add a component of Spiritual Ecology\, which will consist of weekly field work designed to deepen participants connection to place. We will also study Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands. (Levertov would have turned 100 October 24\, 2023.) 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\, 4-6pm (Oct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12) by invitation only. Max ten participants. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to all three five week sessions in the 2023/2024 season. \nSunday nights\, 4-6 PM Pacific Time\nOct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12\nby invitation only \nCOURSE MATERIALS WEEK ONE\, Sunday\, October 15\, 2023\, 4-6pm PDT\nREAD: https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-air-aware/ \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-larfp-overland-to-levertov-3/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Life-As-Rehearsal-for-the-Poem.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231026T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231026T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T182348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T182348Z
UID:20119-1698336000-1698343200@cascadiapoeticslab.org
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-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Poetics-As-Cosmology-OverlandToLevertov.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T181124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T181124Z
UID:20107-1697990400-1697997600@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Life As Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A 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 three five week courses. This season we add a component of Spiritual Ecology\, which will consist of weekly field work designed to deepen participants connection to place. We will also study Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands. (Levertov would have turned 100 October 24\, 2023.) 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\, 4-6pm (Oct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12) by invitation only. Max ten participants. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to all three five week sessions in the 2023/2024 season. \nSunday nights\, 4-6 PM Pacific Time\nOct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12\nby invitation only \nCOURSE MATERIALS WEEK ONE\, Sunday\, October 15\, 2023\, 4-6pm PDT\nREAD: https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-air-aware/ \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-larfp-overland-to-levertov-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Life-As-Rehearsal-for-the-Poem.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231019T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231019T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T181945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T181945Z
UID:20115-1697731200-1697738400@cascadiapoeticslab.org
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/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Poetics-As-Cosmology-OverlandToLevertov.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231015T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231015T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230823T180605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T180855Z
UID:20102-1697385600-1697392800@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Life As Rehearsal for the Poem (LARFP) Overland to Levertov
DESCRIPTION:A 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 three five week courses. This season we add a component of Spiritual Ecology\, which will consist of weekly field work designed to deepen participants connection to place. We will also study Denise Levertov’s Overland to the Islands. (Levertov would have turned 100 October 24\, 2023.) 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\, 4-6pm (Oct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12) by invitation only. Max ten participants. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to all three five week sessions in the 2023/2024 season. \nSunday nights\, 4-6 PM Pacific Time\nOct 15\, 22\, 29 & Nov 5 & 12\nby invitation only \nCOURSE MATERIALS WEEK ONE\, Sunday\, October 15\, 2023\, 4-6pm PDT\nREAD: https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-air-aware/ \nREGISTER
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-larfp-overland-to-levertov/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workshop-Life-As-Rehearsal-for-the-Poem.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231007T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231007T163000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230408T183734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230408T185500Z
UID:17491-1696690800-1696696200@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:TESS GALLAGHER WORKSHOP Stimulating the Satori Moment in Poems
DESCRIPTION:Satori is a Japanese Zen Buddhist term for awakening comprehension: deep understanding. It is derived from the Japanese verb satoru\, “to know”. But rather than intending a philosophical concept of knowledge\, satori concentrates instead on “acquiring of a new point of view in our dealings with life and the world.” It is another name for reaching Enlightenment. In poetry it means a moment (often culminatingmoment)\, when the poem wakes us up\, startles us into a new awareness.This class will ask writers to take simple elements such as the moon\, water\, a bridge—or other sets of catalysts and attempt to stimulate this moment. As example I give my own poem: \n \nAnother famous example would be James Wright’s poem “A Blessing” which ends: “Suddenly I realize/That if I stepped out of my body I would break/ Into blossom.” \nThis word “suddenly” is a clue to the effect the satori moment creates. One suddenly is overtaken by a feeling\, a conjunction of forces\, a lightning strike of transport that breaks open the moment so freshly one can’t ever think the same way again. Please bring and share your satori moment poems if you have already written some\, but the real objective will be ultimately to write some fresh poems in this mind andfrom them to realize in discussion how that moment is taking place. \nREGISTER NOW\n 
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/tess-gallagher-workshop-stimulating-the-satori-moment-in-poems/
LOCATION:Spring Street Center\, 1101 15th Av.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_8983.jpg
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231006T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20230919T225356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231002T011849Z
UID:20688-1696618800-1696622400@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Cascadian Zen Vol. I Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:Image Background: EcoRegions of Cascadia\, Copyright © 2022 David McCloskey\, Cascadia Institute; available from Feathered Star Productions. \nJoin us for the publication celebration of the Vol. I of Cascadian Zen: Bioregional Writings on Cascadia Here & Now. Meet the editors\, designer\, and some of the contributing artists and writers! This event will occur on the first day of the 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival. \nClick here for more information on Cascadian Zen.  \nBackground: EcoRegions of Cascadia\, Copyright © 2022 David McCloskey\, Cascadia Institute; available from Feathered Star Productions.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadian-zen-vol-i-launch-event/
LOCATION:Spring Street Center\, 1101 15th Av.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231006T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231008T170000
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SUMMARY:7th Cascadia Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:October 6 – 8\, 2023\nCascadia Poetics LAB Founders Circle Members\nwill be given the first opportunity to purchase an all-access Gold Pass \nClick here for more information about the 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival \n\nThis event will be hosted at:\nSpring Street Center\n1101 15th Ave.\nSeattle\, WA 98122
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/7th-cascadia-poetry-festival/
LOCATION:Spring Street Center\, 1101 15th Av.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230928
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
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SUMMARY:Fall Founder's Circle Renewal
DESCRIPTION:Renewal of Founders Circle membership starts NOW\, in alignment with the Autumn Equinox and a time in which we experience an equal balance between day and night. Moving with the changing seasons\, we shift our mindsets towards the attitudes of fall: harvest\, abundance\, togetherness. As the angle of light deepens\, we celebrate the 7th Cascadia Poetry Festival and the release of our iconic anthology\, Cascadian Zen Vol. I and we are filled with gratitude for the abundance of community\, poetry and art that Cascadia Poetics Lab seeks to promote and celebrate through our activities.\n\nFounder’s Circle supporters are the backbone of this organization\, founded in 1993 and  re-branded September 1\, 2021 to better reflect current times through “empowering people to practice poetry and deepen connections to place\, self and the present moment.” The Founders Circle asks for an annual donation of $100 (or more) for general use in meeting our mission. Anything donated beyond this initial $100 can be assigned to a specific Cascadia Poetics Lab project chosen by the donor. Founders Circle members receive exclusive Cascadia Poetics Lab benefits: the opportunity for early-bird purchase of a Gold Pass for our Cascadia Poetry Festivals (next one in November 2024)\, and a choice of 1 of 3 books: Samthology\, American Prophets\, or Cascadian Prophets.\n\nWe appreciate your support for our organizations and major offerings\, like the Poetry Postcard Fest\, the Cascadian Prophets podcast and archives\, the Cascadia Poetry Festival and our publishing ventures. In a small organization like ours\, a little goes a long way.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/fall-founders-circle-renewal/
LOCATION:Cascadia Poetics Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230528T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230528T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20221204T023221Z
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SUMMARY:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Workshop - Sundays
DESCRIPTION:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Workshop\nSundays\nLife As Rehearsal for the Poem is a workshop by invitation only. Poetry Postcard Fest participants who have completed at least one five-week Poetics as Cosmology workshop are eligible. \nRegistration information coming soon
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-workshop-sundays-14/
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:20230521T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230521T180000
DTSTAMP:20260408T004244
CREATED:20221204T023326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221204T233300Z
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SUMMARY:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Workshop - Sundays
DESCRIPTION:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Workshop\nSundays\nLife As Rehearsal for the Poem is a workshop by invitation only. Poetry Postcard Fest participants who have completed at least one five-week Poetics as Cosmology workshop are eligible. \nRegistration information coming soon
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-workshop-sundays-15/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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