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SUMMARY:Poet as Radio Fall 2025
DESCRIPTION:Poet as Radio: Writing from Intuition\nA 5-week online poetry workshop designed for folks with a wide variety of experience with poetry and with a keen interest in spirituality and the occult. This course is more than a workshop; it’s a journey into the unknown\, where you’ll discover hidden messages and ideas both from within yourself and the outside world. Through chance\, divination\, games\, and ritual\, you’ll learn to trust your intuition and let your spontaneity guide your writing. \nParticipants will engage in simple but fun word games to encourage spontaneity\, explore the body as a receiver of intuitive messages\, and develop and practice small rituals that enhance their perception of everyday life. Readings will include works by Jack Spicer\, Hoa Nguyen\, and CA Conrad among others. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to deepen your poetic practice\, this workshop will provide you with the tools and inspiration to transform your writing. Join us as we tune into the invisible frequencies and uncover hidden messages emanating from the world outside! \nSundays 3-5:00 PM Pacific Time\nSeptember 7 – October 5\, 2025 \nSeptember 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\nOctober 5 \nOnline\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poet-as-radio-fall-2025/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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SUMMARY:Postcard Fest Wrap-up
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Zoom on Saturday\, September 6 for the Poetry Postcard Fest ’25 Wrap Up ZoomParty. We will meet at 2 pm PST and chat for 2 hours about our experiences this summer in the Fest\, share some of our favorite cards we received\, and talk about ways to keep the poetic energy flowing into the autumn. We’ll also talk about some exciting potential for the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest next year! Meet us on the ZoomRoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2064225002. 
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/postcard-fest-wrap-up/
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SUMMARY:Finance & Fundraising Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Finance & Fundraising Committee Meeting\nSaturdays at 9am\nZoom
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/finance-fundraising-committee-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Committee Meeting
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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SUMMARY:Governance Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:8am\nTuesday before board meetings\nZoom
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/governance-committee-meeting-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250822T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250824T123000
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SUMMARY:Rain Shadow Poetry Festival Language and the Land
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Poetics Lab will be attending and participating in the Rain Shadow Poetics Lab summer poetry festival: Language and the Land. \nFrom Friday\, August 22 to Sunday\, August 24\, 2025\, Cumberland\, BC hosts readings\, workshops and lectures with poets from Quadra Island\, Courtenay/Comox\, Vancouver\, the Okanagan\, and Washington State. \nThe 2025 festival brings together poets pursuing a sense of deep time and place from across greater Cascadia to pose the question\, ‘what is a bioregional poetic practice?‘ Cascadia Poetic Lab youth initiative Cascadia 2050 will be presenting with acclaimed poet and academic Robert Bringhurst the night of August 23. \nFestival tickets are available HERE. Full schedule is available HERE.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/rain-shadow-poetry-festival/
LOCATION:The Abbey Studio\, 2689 Penrith Ave\, Cumberland\, British Columbia\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250809T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250809T203000
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SUMMARY:Jim O'Halloran Quartet at Bradner Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Join the Jim O’Halloran quartet for a performance at Bradner Gardens featuring Paul Nelson as a guest poet! Jim O’Halloran will be featured playing the flute and will be joined by Brian Monroney on guitar\, Kelsey Mines on bass\, and Jacques Willis on drums. Dancers Alia Swersky and Hannah Rice will also be performing! \nSaturday\, August 9 6:30-8:30 PM PDT\nBradner Gardens Park\n1730 Bradner Pl. S\nSeattle\, WA 98144
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/jim-ohalloran-quartet-at-bradner-gardens/
LOCATION:Bradner Gardens\, 1730 Bradner Pl. S \, Seattle\, WA\, 98144\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250721T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250721T213000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again in Sacramento
DESCRIPTION:WINTER IN AMERICA (AGAIN — POETS RESPOND TO 2024 ELECTION: A HYBRID READING FEATURING CONTRIBUTORS TO THE ANTHOLOGY \nThis event will be in person and via Zoom. Monday\, July 21 at 7:30-9:30 PM PDT\nSacramento Poetry Center\n1719 25th Street\nSacramento\, CA 95816\nZOOM LINK  \nSPC is grateful to be able to host a reading featuring contributors to the important anthology\, Winter In America (Again — Poets Respond to 2024 Election (Carbonation Press\, Spokane\, 2025). They will be joined by local poets who will also read selections from the book. As we already see dire consequences to the results of the election\, it is imperative that all of us work toward actions that will help mitigate the damage. Poets are often at the forefront of such action — talking back and speaking to the heart of the issues. So it is with this collection. Many thanks to all of the contributors and local participants. Special gratitude is offered to poet and translator (and anthology contributor) William O’Daly for his efforts to make this event possible.\n \nThe readers — some of whom are editors and editorial board members for the book as well as contributors — include Greg Bem\, Francisco Dominguez\, Lara Gularte\, Lorin Medley\, Paul Nelson\, William O’Daly\, Roxy Power\, Beverly Parayno\, Theresa Whitehill\, Cathleen Williams\, Katie Sarah Zale\, and Patrick Grizzell.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/winter-in-america-again-in-sacramento/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250713T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250713T150000
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SUMMARY:Postcards From Here Olympic Sculpture Park
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Poetics Lab will be returning to the Olympic Sculpture Park for another Postcards from Here event! Poetry Postcard Fest committee members and key volunteers will be tabling at the Olympic Sculpture Park\, leading the public in postcard collage making and spreading the love for postcard poetry. \nJuly 13\, 2025\n11 AM-3 PM PST\n2901 Western Ave\, Seattle\, WA 98121
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/postcards-from-here-olympic-sculpture-park/
LOCATION:Olympic Sculpture Park\, 2901 Western Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98121\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250712T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250712T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250505T190905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250510T223316Z
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again Columbia City Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Winter in America (Again reading at the Columbia City Gallery in Seattle\, WA\, featuring readings by: allia abdullah-matta\, Paul E Nelson\, Katie Sarah Zale\, Zach Charles\, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs\, Stacey Jones\, Catalina Cantú\, Robert Lashley\, and others. Reading from the book and Q&A about creative resistance. \nJuly 12\, 2025 2 PM PDT\nColumbia City Gallery \n4864 Rainier Ave S\, Seattle\, WA
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/winter-in-america-again-columbia-city-gallery/
LOCATION:Columbia City Gallery\, 4865 Rainier Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250711T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250711T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T171316Z
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again on Bainbridge Is.
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, July 11\, 6:30pm\nEagle Harbor Book Company\n157 Winslow Way E.\nBainbridge Island\, WA 98110 \nReaders include: allia abdullah-matta\, Paul E Nelson\, Roxi Power\, Katie Sarah Zale\, Anna Linzer others.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/winter-in-america-again-on-bainbridge-is/
LOCATION:Eagle Harbor Book Company\, 157 Winslow Way E.\, Bainbridge Island\, WA\, 98110\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250710T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250710T203000
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again @ Finnriver Cidery
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 10\, 6:30pm doors open\nFinnriver Farm & Cidery\n124 Center Road\nChimacum\, WA 98325 \nReaders include: Holly Hughes\, allia abdullah-matta\, Paul E Nelson\, Katie Sarah Zale\, Roxi Power Anna Linzer.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/winter-in-america-again-finnriver-cidery/
LOCATION:Finnriver Farm & Cidery\, 124 Center Road\, Chimacum\, WA\, 98325\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250708T180000
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again Lopez Island
DESCRIPTION:Winter in America (Again reading at the Lopez Island Library on Lopez Island\, WA. Readers include: allia abdullah-matta\, Paul E Nelson\, Rob Lewis\, Katie Sarah Zale\, Zach Charles\, and others. \nJuly 8\, 2025\n6-8 PM PDT\n2225 Fisherman Bay Road\nLopez Island\, WA 98261
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/winter-in-america-again-lopez-island/
LOCATION:Lopez Island Library\, 2225 Fisherman Bay Road\, Lopez Island\, WA\, 98261\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250704T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250831T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250412T213118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250412T213118Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Poetry Postcard Fest
DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest\, an annual 56 day self-guided workshop in spontaneous composition and community-building. Join hundreds of poets around the world in sending 31 first-draft poems on postcards starting July 4! \nJuly 4-August 31\, 2025. Register HERE.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/2025-poetry-postcard-fest/
LOCATION:Anywhere!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250611T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250611T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T182817Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Postcard Fest Donor Workshop
DESCRIPTION:An exclusive workshop for supporters of the Poetry Postcard Fest that donated over $10 with their PPF registration. Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest founder Paul E. Nelson will lead provide insight on writing spontaneous postcard poetry and will guide postcard poets in exercises to prepare for the fest. \nDONATE HERE to add to your PPF registration and receive an invitation to this exclusive workshop!
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/ppf-2025-donor-workshop/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250608T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250608T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T023113Z
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SUMMARY:Postcards from Mapes Creek
DESCRIPTION:Join us on June 8\, 2025 from 4-7 PM at Mapes Creek for a community poetry postcard gathering! At the mouth of Mapes Creek\, we will gather with a postcard collage table\, food and an open mic for reading postcard poems. This is a casual poetry postcard event\, so we would appreciate if any participants would be able to donate materials for the collage table\, such as old magazines\, glue\, scissors\, empty postcards\, etc. Food will be served potluck-style\, so bring your favorite dishes and snacks along with a postcard poem or two to read at the open mic! Seating is limited\, so bring a chair. Jim O’Halloran will play flute there along with vibraphonist Susan Pascal. Join us to prepare for the 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest & help us celebrate our favorite little urban stream.Read what Ashley Townes is doing to help it here. \nJune 8\, 2025\n4-7 PM PST\nMapes Creek in Be’er Sheva Park
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/postcards-from-mapes-creek-2/
LOCATION:Atlantic City Boat Launch\, 9026 Seward Park Ave S\, Seattle\, 98118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
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SUMMARY:Poetry Postcard Fest 2025 Zoom Open House
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Open House for registrations of the 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest! PPF committee members\, key volunteers and CPL staff will discuss their postcard poetry practices and answer questions in preparation for the upcoming poetry postcard fest. \nWednesday\, May 28\, 2025\n5-7 PM PST\nPaul Nelson’s Zoom Room
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetry-postcard-2025-fest-open-house/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250524T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250412T211436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250412T211436Z
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SUMMARY:Postcards from Here Walk the Block
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest and make fun postcards at our table for Walk the Block! Enjoy multiple vendor tables\, arts and crafts\, local food and entertainment! \nLearn more about the event and how to get involved HERE!
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/postcards-from-here-walk-the-block/
LOCATION:Rainier Beach Community Center\, 8825 Rainier Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T193000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250410T212609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T212614Z
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SUMMARY:Postcards to Prisoners
DESCRIPTION:We would like to invite you and your friends to join us in the Zoom room on Wednesday\, May 21\, from 6-7:30pm PST for a panel on spontaneous composition\, community building\, and how postcarding can bring those two things together! In this panel/workshop\, we will be partnering with Free Time\, a “volunteer program focused on correspondence with writers who are incarcerated\, offering support and mentorship\, and building relationships one letter at a time\,” to send postcards to incarcerated poets. Opportunities to work more closely with Free Time will be available\, and you will hear from seasoned Postcard Poets and poets who have worked closely with incarcerated writers; Katie Sarah Zale\, Matt Trease\, Judy Kleinberg\, and Paul E. Nelson. We will have a panel discussion for an hour touching on these themes\, and then a half hour of community writing.\n \n& speaking of incarcerated poets\, did you hear Winter in America (Again contributor Kwaneta Harris on This American Life?
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/postcards-to-prisoners/
LOCATION:Paul E Nelson Zoom Room\, Cyberspace\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250518T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250505T192230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T192230Z
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SUMMARY:Cascadia Day Celebration in Portland
DESCRIPTION:Cascadia Day Portland 2025: The Resilience Movement \nSocial gathering and celebration of Cascadia Day featuring improv\, readings\, kickball and more! Organized by Cascadia Stack. \nMay 18\, 2025\n1-5 PM PDT\nAlberta Park\n1905 NE Killingsworth St\, Portland\, OR 97211 \nLEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadia-day-celebration-in-portland/
LOCATION:Alberta Park\, 1905 NE Killingsworth St\, Portland\, OR\, 97211\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250517T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250519T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250413T185924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250510T223215Z
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SUMMARY:Cascadia BioFi
DESCRIPTION:The Cascadia BioFi Conference\, held May 16–18\, 2025\, at the historic Georgetown Steam Plant in Seattle\, will bring together leaders at the edges of finance\, circular economy\, land regeneration\, indigenous rematriation\, community art\, technology\, and participatory governance to co-create pathways for bioregional funding ecosystems within the Cascadia bioregion that see people supported to do this work. \nCascadia Poetics Lab will present positive alternatives to the nation state on May 17\, 2025 at 7pm with Robert Lashley\, Matt Trease\, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs\, Paul Nelson\, Claudia Castro Luna and Jason Wirth. \nLEARN MORE HERE
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/cascadia-biofi/
LOCATION:Georgetown Steam Plant\, 6605 13th Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98108\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250505T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250505T210000
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SUMMARY:Paul in Courtenay\, BC\, May 5\, 7pm
DESCRIPTION:I’ll be featured after open mic at Artful: the Poets\, at Artful Gallery\, Monday\, May 5 at 7pm. The gallery is at 526C Cumberland Road in Courtenay\, BC. Kristina Campbell is the proprietor and has created a space for poets (& songwriters\, painters\, print makers\, and graphic artists) & is a force in the Comox Valley cultural community. There will be a limited open mic\, a break and then I will read likely from the recent daysong I wrote on Imbolc.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/paul-in-courtenay-bc-may-5-7pm/
LOCATION:ArtFul: The Gallery\, 526C Cumberland Road\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250505T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250505T170000
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again reading
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/winter-in-america-again-reading-2/
LOCATION:ArtFul: The Gallery\, 526C Cumberland Road\, Courtenay\, BC\, V9N 2C7\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250504T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
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SUMMARY:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Spring 2025
DESCRIPTION: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 as spontaneous poetry composition exercises\, part of a series of courses happening before the next postcard season. In Spring 2025\, we will explore passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 2 – Baskets Four & Five\, and related texts and assignments. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and how can one maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, & allow one’s life as a creative participant in the world to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? How is the projective poem an antidote to Silicon Valley attention fracking? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 2-5pm PDT (April 6\, 13\, 20\, 27\, and May 4) by invitation only. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to both five-week sessions in the 2025 season. \nApril 6\, 13\, 20\, & 27\nMay 4 \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 2 \nAlso\, this essay on Investigative Poetry will be essential. Please read it before the course begins and come with questions or comments.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-spring-2025-4/
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:20250501T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250501T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250406T020051Z
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election @ Elliott Bay Books
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to do a reading and talk at legendary Elliott Bay Book Company\, Thursday\, May 1\, 2025 at 7pm. The two organizing editors\, Katie Sarah Zale\, Paul E. Nelson will be joined by publisher Greg Bem and some local contributors. Registration is encouraged here. \nThursday May 1st\, 2025 @ 7:00PM – 8:00 PM\n\n\nLead editors Katie Sarah Zale & Paul E. Nelson visit the store to discuss Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 Election) with Greg Bem and fellow contributors (Tetsuzen Jason Wirth\, Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs\, Matt Trease\, Zach Charles\, Robert Lashley and others). Poets from the United States and beyond respond to the 2024 Presidential election.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/winter-in-america-again-poets-respond-to-2024-election-elliott-bay-books/
LOCATION:Elliott Bay Book Company\, 1521 10th Avenue\, Seattle\, WA\, 98122\, 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:20250501T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250501T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250321T185523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T185523Z
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SUMMARY:Poetics as Cosmology Spring 2025
DESCRIPTION: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 as spontaneous poetry composition exercises\, part of a series of courses to happen before the next postcard season. In Spring 2025\, we’ll explore passages from Cascadian Zen Vol II – Baskets Four & Five\, and related texts and assignments. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and how can one maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, & allow one’s life as a creative participant in the world to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? How is the projective poem an antidote to Silicon Valley attention fracking? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Canadians may pay in CAD. Thursdays\, 2-5pm PDT (April 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, & May 1) by invitation only. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to both five-week sessions in the 2025 season. \nApril 3\, 10\, 17\, & 24\nMay 1 \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 2 \nAlso\, this essay on Investigative Poetry will be essential. Please read it before the course begins and come with questions or comments.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology-spring-2025-5/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250321T190808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T190808Z
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SUMMARY:Life as Rehearsal for the Poem Spring 2025
DESCRIPTION: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 as spontaneous poetry composition exercises\, part of a series of courses happening before the next postcard season. In Spring 2025\, we will explore passages from Cascadian Zen Vol 2 – Baskets Four & Five\, and related texts and assignments. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and how can one maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, & allow one’s life as a creative participant in the world to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? How is the projective poem an antidote to Silicon Valley attention fracking? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Sunday nights\, 2-5pm PDT (April 6\, 13\, 20\, 27\, and May 4) by invitation only. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to both five-week sessions in the 2025 season. \nApril 6\, 13\, 20\, & 27\nMay 4 \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 2 \nAlso\, this essay on Investigative Poetry will be essential. Please read it before the course begins and come with questions or comments.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/life-as-rehearsal-for-the-poem-spring-2025-3/
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:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250321T184026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T184026Z
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again Lit Balm Interactive Livestream part 2
DESCRIPTION:Winter in America (Again LIT BALM reading part two with allia abdullah-matta\, Petra Kuppers\, Bill Lavender\, Roxi Power\, and Fred Wah. \nLIT BALM is a biweekly interactive livestream reading series brought to you by Marc Vincenz of MadHat and New American Writing (Magazine)\, Cassandra Atherton of Westerly Magazine\, and Jeffrey Cyphers Wright of LIVE Mag!. Most Saturdays at 5:00 pm East Coast time expect great writing\, panels\, open mic\, and you! \nZoom link is available HERE.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/winter-in-america-again-lit-balm-interactive-livestream-part-2/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250321T183547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T183547Z
UID:26949-1745676000-1745683200@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again Lit Balm Interactive Livestream Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Online Winter in America (Again reading with Matthew Cooperman\, Aby Kaupang\, Paul E. Nelson\, Mark Nowak\, Rodrigo Toscano. \nLIT BALM is a biweekly interactive livestream reading series brought to you by Marc Vincenz of MadHat and New American Writing (Magazine)\, Cassandra Atherton of Westerly Magazine\, and Jeffrey Cyphers Wright of LIVE Mag!. Most Saturdays at 5:00 pm East Coast time expect great writing\, panels\, open mic\, and you! \nZoom link available HERE.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/winter-in-america-again-lit-balm-interactive-livestream-reading-series/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250412T210057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250412T210057Z
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SUMMARY:Ikebana Exhibit and Open House
DESCRIPTION:In-person exhibitions and guided tours of Ikebana arrangements\, highlighting the basic principles of the design and providing historical perspective on Ikebana’s evolution\, and philosophical insights into the heart of the art form. \nHosted at Nalanda West\, featuring Ikebana arrangements from PPF committee member Sally Hedges-Blanquez. \nCheck out Nalanda Seattle for more information!
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/ikebana-exhibit-and-open-house/
LOCATION:Nalanda West\, 3902 Woodland Park Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98103\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250424T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T094240
CREATED:20250321T185237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T185237Z
UID:26967-1745503200-1745514000@cascadiapoeticslab.org
SUMMARY:Poetics as Cosmology Spring 2025
DESCRIPTION: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 as spontaneous poetry composition exercises\, part of a series of courses to happen before the next postcard season. In Spring 2025\, we’ll explore passages from Cascadian Zen Vol II – Baskets Four & Five\, and related texts and assignments. How can one’s poetics be a cosmology and how can one maintain some experience of the Poetry Postcard Fest\, & allow one’s life as a creative participant in the world to rise in one’s personal hierarchy of duties/activities? How is the projective poem an antidote to Silicon Valley attention fracking? $250 for each five week session per person\, scholarships are available. Canadians may pay in CAD. Thursdays\, 2-5pm PDT (April 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, & May 1) by invitation only. Preference given to participants who wish to commit to both five-week sessions in the 2025 season. \nApril 3\, 10\, 17\, & 24\nMay 1 \nLink to purchase Cascadian Zen Volume 2 \nAlso\, this essay on Investigative Poetry will be essential. Please read it before the course begins and come with questions or comments.
URL:https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/event/poetics-as-cosmology-spring-2025-4/
LOCATION:Online (Zoom)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Paul E. Nelson":MAILTO:splabman@icloud.com
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