Our end-of-the-fest open mic had many surprising moments, from impressions of a chicken’s “moancluck” to batshit poems written while drunk to an opportunity to send a postcard to the former First Lady of Iceland. With a continuum from beginners to postcard veterans, there were inspired poems, incredible images and stories of postcard joy. We are especially grateful to those postcard poets who signed up for 2027 and made a donation to help the fest and its parent org, the Cascadia Poetics Lab, stay around for a little longer.
2027 Poetry Postcard Fest registration is open: https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/ppf-2027-event-registration/
Fall 2026 workshops are open, if you want to hit the postcard ground running next summer: https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/workshops/workshops/
& here’s the edited video from the PPF Open Mic. Thanks for being a postcard poet!
It was wonderful to hear folks from all across the continent! What big fun! Thank you all!
Thanks for this! Sorry I missed it in real time. What a yearly celebration the Fest is! So sweet to actually hear the voices of this community.
I registered for this, but the day of was sick with a cough and nose blowing so didn’t attend. Just watched this Saturday morning, Sept 5 and am so glad I did. Saw and heard 4 poets of whom I received beautiful cards and poems. Paul, how can we thank you enough for this joyous experience?
Margaret, your participation is thank you enough. Your support of this work is also appreciated.
I’m just now getting to this recording. Thank you all for sharing your poems and your process. This practice helped me shift from production focus to expression. The rhythm of 2 months, 31 cards was just enough to keep me present and not too much to send me into stress. I was in group 19 and am happy to report that by September 1 I had both sent and received 31 cards. Way to go to the last minute group!