by Ryukan | Jul 1, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The Poetry Postcard Fest is beginning soon! Finalized lists of the people we’re trading postcard poems with will be distributed starting this week. And each of us are preparing in our own way: those of us with a fine arts yen have been drawing, painting, collaging, or...
by Ryukan | Jun 28, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Captain who??? As you may have noticed, there’s a new term in the Poetry Postcard Fest glossary for 2024: List Captain. Like many grassroots organizations that grow organically, the annual Fest would probably not happen without the hands-on attention of one person. Of...
by Ryukan | Jun 22, 2024 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
It’s postcard season, and I’m ready! Once, a young friend went to Europe. “Send me a postcard,” I said as she departed. She arrived in the foreign country, purchased a postcard, and had no idea what to do. Where do I write a message, put the address, place the stamp?...
by Ryukan | Jun 18, 2024 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
We’ve asked the non-U.S. participants (of whom there are 23 so far) to see if they would like to have their addresses out there for folks who want to send bonus cards. The logic is that it takes a long time for cards to get to Europe and elsewhere, even to...
by Ryukan | Jun 6, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetry Postcard Fest D-Day is July 4 and already there are 14 groups of 32 poets each awaiting their list for the 18th Poetry Postcard Fest. Registration is open here: https://cascadiapoeticslab.org/ppf-2024-event-registration/if you have a poet friend who has not yet...
