by Paul Nelson | Aug 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
The 2022 Postcard season is drawing to an end and I am delighted we have 17 complete groups this year and a tie for our best participation ever, 544. I have completed writing and mailing my 31 cards and hope to get to 40 total as I send out a few bonus cards. The...
by Paul Nelson | Aug 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Thanks to the efforts of Ed Varney, I’ll give a short reading at ARTFUL Gallery in Courtenay, BC on Sunday, August 28th at 7pm. (526C Cumberland Road.) There will be open mic and there is a suggested donation of $10. The number of poetry readings in Cascadia has...
by Paul Nelson | Jul 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
I had the good fortune to interview a former Washington State Poet Laureate, Claudia Castro Luna via Zoom on June 17, 2022. We talked about her new book Cipota Under the Moon, her exodus from El Salvador as a teenager during the horrific Civil War that was, in part,...
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 | Jun 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
(This post has been updated to include Tay Stafford, who has just been added to the bill. There WILL be streaming on Facebook for those who can’t make it down to Belltown.) I am delighted to read at Margin Shift again, again with the legendary Lorna Dee...
