Poetry Postcard Fest co-founder Paul Nelson interviews Karen Vande Bossche on her experience with the august POetry POstcard festival.
This year the Poetry Postcard Fest celebrates its 20th anniversary. From the fest many a creative project has spawned, and one recent example of that is Julie Master’s book: No Headlines Here: Postcard Poems.
Notes on the last Poetry Postcard Activation for 2026 at Pritchard Beach in Seattle.
Postcarding and DaySonging (A Workshop). In this session it will be a presentation of how the postcard fest developed, how the daysong developed, how I prepare for the fest and how participants attending prepare for the fest, as well as how to prepare for a successful daysong. The similarities of the daysong to serial poetry could be discussed, as well as the effort to put one’s self into the open, which has benefits in one’s own life.
Paul, my dear. Can you change my last name to Vande Bossche??
I enjoyed listening to the interview with Karen. A friendly spirit and well spoken as to her writing.
It isn’t clear to me what spurred a memory in me when listening …
The Post Card Koda memory of my vast collection of postcards of artists and writers from openings and exhibits
started when I finally found artists that appealed to my taste in art, but not my pocket book..
My father would say “Champagne on a beer budget” … I could afford the post cards but not even
a print often. Most of their art / and or writing is off the beaten path such as
Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth series of paintings… the cards would make wonderful
fodder for PoPo … but am sure I put them “some place safe” which means “the black hole” of my
storage.
That was a good result for me, besides enjoying the interview, remembering Bob, and putting him
next on my … what did someone call it … “stalking” list. Peace and Love, Siggi
27 years a special ed teacher
bonus cards .. not usually
I enjoyed listening to the interview with Karen. A friendly spirit and well spoken as to her writing.
It isn’t clear to me what spurred a memory in me when listening …
The Post Card Koda memory of my vast collection of postcards of artists and writers from openings and exhibits
started when I finally found artists that appealed to my taste in art, but not my pocket book..
My father would say “Champagne on a beer budget” … I could afford the post cards but not even
a print often. Most of their art / and or writing is off the beaten path such as
Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth series of paintings… the cards would make wonderful
fodder for PoPo … but am sure I put them “some place safe” which means “the black hole” of my
storage.
That was a good result for me, besides enjoying the interview, remembering Bob, and putting him
next on my … what did someone call it … “stalking” list. Peace and Love, Siggi