Today, May 4, 2026, marks the last month of Earlybird Registration for the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest. The suggested donation will go up to $25 after June 4. Scholarships are available to people in need. Contact us.

Since the Poetry Postcard Fest is 20 years old, it has become part of the way my life is organized. I believe it was Judy Jensen in Texas who said she experienced the postcard fest as a time of year; a season in itself. That resonated deeply with me and still does. Now I have almost 4 years of adding a “long form” component to that rhythm with the notion of the day-long writing ritual known as the daysong. I have a book of daysongs coming out this summer via Carbonation Press: The Singing Bullets of Soft-Secession: & Other DaySongs.  Poets who have not done the Poetry Postcard Fest are very welcome to attend.

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.

Registration is open to all registered 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest participants for a suggested donation starting at $1, which is the lowest our CRM will allow! See: https://bit.ly/4uwpnLG

Postcarding & Daysinging (A Workshop)
3-5pm PDT
June 14
in Paul’s Zoom Room (available at registration. Make a note of it.)

& it is not too late to register for the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest, which you can do here: https://PoetryPostcardFest.org