by Paul Nelson | Jun 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you did not know, I participated in the Jukai ceremony on December 11, 2023, under the direction of Kosho Itagaki, at Temple Eishoji in Rainier Beach. I took refuge in the Buddha, the dharma and the sangha and was given the dharma name Koho Ryukan. It may have been...
by Paul Nelson | Jun 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
After I suggested this title as the June 15, 2023, talk to be given at the Altar/Alter project, I realized that what I meant was more like milagro or folk charm, though one could make the case that poetry postcards are like little sacred planes on which we place our...
by Paul Nelson | Jan 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
I was gifted another poem in the series FLEXIBLE MIND yesterday. That I am studying Zen now is a huge asset to this series of poems based on a Michael McClure poem from his series Touching The Edge: Dharma Devotions from the Hummingbird Sangha. I was listening to a...
by Paul Nelson | Jun 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Poetics as Cosmology (Intro to Spontaneous Composition) A five week online (Zoom) workshop for people who have had a little experience in spontaneous poetry composition and want more. Join Cascadia Poetics Lab and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson in a...
by Paul Nelson | Jan 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
I am delighted to announce today that a book I finished ten years ago has just been published by Koon Woon’s Goldfish Press. Haibun de la Serna is the book. It consists of 99 neo-barroco haibun all starting with an epigraph by Ramón Gómez de la Serna. The book...
