Poetry Postcard Activations
Free Poetry & Community Events in Rainier Beach!
Cascadia Poetics Lab invites you to a series of free outdoor poetry gatherings in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood! These events bring poetry, creativity, and place-based learning into neighborhood parks—highlighting their cultural, ecological, and community significance.
- Guided Poetry writing activities
- Personal Universe Deck exercises
- Postcard-making/collage table
- Park history/native flora
- Youth-led programming (Cascadia 2050!)
Event Dates & Locations
March 21, 2026 — 11AM–1PM — Chinook Beach Park
April 1, 2026 — 6PM–8PM — yəhaw̓’ Indigenous Creatives Collective
April 18, 2026 — 11AM–1PM — Kubota Garden
April 25, 2026 — 11AM–1PM — Be’er Sheva Park for a blessing of Mapes Creek
May 2, 2026 — 11AM–1PM — Dead Horse Canyon
June 6, 2026 — 11AM–1PM — Pritchard Reserve
CASCADIA 2050
Cascadia 2050 works to engage poets under the age of 40 with Cascadia Poetics Lab’s mission of empowering people to practice poetry and build community in ways that deepen connection to place, self and the present moment. We aim to inspire artists and poets of the next generation to consider bioregionalism and intuitive poetic approach as a way to foster a more just and sustainable Cascadia by 2050.
We envision practicing this mission through workshops, accessible community events, public readings, a book club, online conversations via Discord and/or Zoom, interviews with figures whose work resonates with our mission and written essays by Cascadia 2050 members focusing on different aspects of our mission.
Chinook Beach Park
March 21, 2026 — 11AM–1PM
9560 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
More information coming soon
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