by Ryukan | Sep 4, 2022 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Did your card get there? Could anyone read your handwriting? Do you want to try to match a postcard poet’s face with their handwriting and poetry? Maybe that all could happen at the Postcard Fest Open Mic. OPEN MIC Saturday September 10 there is an open mic for...
by Ryukan | Aug 31, 2022 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The 2022 Poetry Postcard Fest is over & ends with the largest participation in 16 years. 17 total groups tie the 2020 expanded pandemic fest. Doing the math and assuming all participants will send out 31 cards, that’s 16,864 postcard poems that were sent in...
by Ryukan | Aug 8, 2022 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast, podcastb
I had the good fortune on Sunday, July 17, 2022 to travel to the home of Michael Daley, on Fidalgo Island, to chat with him about his poem Romance with the Unexpected, a new chapbook, as well as his life as a poet/bioregionalist. The sounds of planes, ravens and his...
by Ryukan | Aug 5, 2022 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab
Rena Priest, Washington State Poet Laureate, was just awarded a fellowship from the Academy of American Poets! As part of the fellowship, she is creating an anthology of poetry dedicated to salmon, and is calling for submissions. “Salmon are the unsung heroes of...
by Ryukan | Jul 29, 2022 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The stats are now final for the 2022 Poetry Postcard Fest. Participants: 544 The highest fest participation in 16 years, matching the pandemic year, 2020. Countries, 12: Australia, Canada, France, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand,...
