Poetry Postcard Festival veteran Allegra Brucker shared this beautiful video Poems for my mother, a piece made by transforming an old board book with gelli printed papers and their poems. Watch and listen below as they share their amazing poetry and breathtaking art. Thank you, Leggy!
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.
Part of the Cascadia 2050 mission is: 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. To this end, one of our goals is to interview people who help us spread awareness by having practices in their lives that reflect these values. This interview with Postcard Poet Laura Gamache, a Seattle who has published poetry in the usual places, such as chapbooks, journals and anthologies, and also unusual places, such as buses, is the first of the series.
Really poignant Leggy. Mom’s are a real part of our hearts. I love that part that said you could find your way home by the sound of her laughter.
Truly gorgeous. Wow.
Truly gorgeous work.
Thanks Terry and Ina. I am so privileged to have an amazing writer artist mother who has been a driving force in my creative inspiration! Just today she traveled to Taos New Mexico for a writing retreat with Natalie Goldberg, I grew up with my mom sharing Natelie’s book writing down the bones with me. Last year I saw Natalie was teaching an online class and shared it with my mom, she took the class amidst caring for my dad who is in the late stages of a neurological degenerative disease, and it led to to where she is now. My mom wrote in her journal every morning all throughout my childhood, she has been a beacon for prioritizing the creative process. I’m so proud to be her daughter!
A beautiful and heartfelt work to honor your mother. Thank you for sharing.
Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for this sacred offering.