We had a full house at the Flag Day 2026 online workshop for poets interested in making the most out of the summer Poetry Postcard Fest and the end of fest daysong, day-long writing ritual. We played a bit of an interview with Jerome Rothenberg discussing his Lorca Variations and the practice of stealing nouns from other poets as an example of “othering” or bring other selves into the poem as it’s being composed.
Writing poetry in a time of crisis, Ukraine, postcards.”War tries to destroy culture because culture sustains identity and memory. Literature is not only a victim of war, it is an instrument of survival, resistance, witnessing – and, sometimes, welcome refuge…”
Notes on the last Poetry Postcard Activation for 2026 at Pritchard Beach in Seattle.
The last 2026 Poetry Postcard Activation is set for June 6 from 11a-1pm at Pritchard Beach in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood with postcard collage making, future-centric poetry prompts, local history and a vision for the venue in the future.
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This genre of art is enticing. I got to start making time for.