Celebrate the Poetry Postcard Fest with Postcards from Here, CPL's first in-person, public poetry postcard gathering! Long-time Poetry Postcard Fest participants Tim Mateer, Abhaya Thomas and Colette Dutton will talk about their approaches to the Poetry Postcard Fest along with local poetry Postcard Fest Committee members Zach Charles and Sally Hedges-Blanquez.
Celebrate the Poetry Postcard Fest with Postcards from Here, CPL’s first in-person, public poetry postcard gathering! Long-time Poetry Postcard Fest participants Tim Mateer, Abhaya Thomas and Colette Dutton will talk about their approaches to the Poetry Postcard Fest along with local poetry Postcard Fest Committee members Zach Charles and Sally Hedges-Blanquez. Local Poetry Postcard Fest […]
Cascadia Poetics Lab Governance Committee meetings via Zoom every first Tuesday of the month at 8 a.m.
Artists and writers will gather together for 5 consecutive summer mornings along Mapes Creek in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of S.E. Seattle. Participants will be able to use this time together in whatever way best suits their creative practice while in community with fellow creatives and this urban waterway. No specific outcome or project is […]
August 22, 2024 Cascadian Zen: Mountain Rain Zen Community A talk and reading with the three editors of Cascadian Zen Volume One, Paul Nelson, Jason Wirth, and Adelia MacWilliam accompanied by Daphne Marlatt. Location and Date Mountain Rain Zen Community 2016 Wall Street Vancouver, B.C. August 22, 2024 7PM – 9PM
August 24 & 25, 2024 A Weekend of Cascadian Zen: Cumberland Watershed Press celebrates the Cumberland launch of Cascadian Zen Volume I August 24 & 25, featuring talks by poets, philosphers, and an indigenous elder, along with poetry readings and a poetry workshop. A project of the Cascadia Poetics LAB. Saturday 8/24 2 PM – […]
Cascadian Zen Vol. I Quadra Island Launch With readings by Jan Zwicky, Robert Bringhurst, Paul Nelson, Jason Wirth and Adelia MacWilliam WHERE: Community Hall 970 West Road Quadra Island, B.C. WHEN: August 26, 2024 7 PM - 9 PM
The Day Song is a writing practice that involves dedicating a full day to writing continuously, with as much solitude as possible and little interruption. It is typically used to close out the Poetry Postcard Fest, so that PPF poets can broaden their compositional range. More information and instruction on the Day Song can be […]
Board retreat for Cascadia Poetics Lab board members to meet the new grant writer and conduct a strategic plan for the organization. September 22, 2024 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Cascadian Zen Basket 3 A five week online (Zoom) workshop best suited for continuing participants and more experienced poets (open to open form) in workshops facilitated by Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson. Participate in reading and discussion of foundational essays, interviews, listening and other assignments, as well […]
Cascadia Poetics Lab Governance Committee meetings via Zoom every first Tuesday of the month at 8 a.m. P.T.
Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen Basket 3 A five week online (Zoom) workshop for first-time and continuing participants in the online workshops facilitated by Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson. Participate in reading and discussion of foundational essays, interviews, listening and other assignments, as well as spontaneous poetry composition exercises, in the first of […]
Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Cascadian Zen Basket 3 A five week online (Zoom) workshop best suited for continuing participants and more experienced poets (open to open form) in workshops facilitated by Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson. Participate in reading and discussion of foundational essays, interviews, listening and other assignments, as well […]
Monthly board meetings for the Cascadia Poetics Lab board, every second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Poetics as Cosmology Cascadian Zen Basket 3 A five week online (Zoom) workshop for first-time and continuing participants in the online workshops facilitated by Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson. Participate in reading and discussion of foundational essays, interviews, listening and other assignments, as well as spontaneous poetry composition exercises, in the first of […]