by Ryukan | Aug 22, 2016 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I love it when different parts of my life intersect, reinforce, inform one another, validate, how ever you want to put it. It took an Einstein, I am told, to say: “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” I have been tracking the astrology...
by Ryukan | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog
It is a rather remarkable thing to have in a city: an all-poetry bookstore. Cambridge, MA and Boulder, CO, are the only two USAmerican cities (besides Seattle) I believe with such a cultural nexus. And for many years the people who made Seattle’s all poetry...
by Ryukan | Jul 25, 2016 | Blog
The Tenth August Poetry Postcard Fest is under way and there are a few good links to get caught up with how that is going: The information page with the countdown to NEXT YEAR’s CALL is here. The gift aspect of the fest in many of its manifestations is here. Ina...
by Ryukan | Jul 25, 2016 | Poetry Postcard Fest
It is the tenth year of the August Poetry Postcard Fest and as I was taking an afternoon walk this past weekend, it hit me – what a gift this annual event is through and through. Having so many people year after year tell me, email me, or post to the APPF...
by Ryukan | Jul 20, 2016 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The tenth year of the Poetry Postcard Fest is under way and there are seven full groups of 32 poets, 224 participants in all, which is a record for the fee era. And there are participants from Alabama, Alberta, Australia, British Columbia, California, Connecticut,...