by Roberta Hoffman | Aug 18, 2021 | Books
Poesia Organica Na Cascadia: uma Sequencia De Energias With the publication of Poesia Organica Na Cascadia: uma Sequencia De Energias (Organic in Cascadia: A Sequence of Energies), my work is now published in Spanish, Chinese and now Portuguese. Lumme Editions of...
by Roberta Hoffman | Aug 17, 2021 | Worskhop
Poetics as Cosmology 2021 (Intro to Spontaneous Composition) A five week Zoom workshop for people who’ve had some experience in spontaneous poetry composition and want to develop that skill. Join Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson in a lively course...
by Roberta Hoffman | Aug 16, 2021 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Cascadia Poetics LAB On September 1, 2021, SPLAB officially changed name to Cascadia Poetics LAB. Our new name and design reflect our mission: Empowering people to practice poetry & deepen connections to place, self & the present moment. We believe that...
by Ryukan | Aug 10, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Nina Murray has a wonderful post about the fest and about where SHE gets postcards: So I thought I’d take this opportunity to list my all-time favorite sources of postcards (the listings are not sponsored in any way :). My/your local Goodwill. Never fails. There are...
by Ryukan | Jul 31, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The numbers are in for year 15 of the Poetry Postcard Fest, as registration has ended (FINALLY) and the poets at Casa del Colibrí can move on to their own poetry postcard production and the next heat wave or smoke infestation. But I digress. Here are the numbers:...
by Ryukan | Jul 15, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Linda Crosfield and I met in George Bowering’s 2005 week-long class at the (now defunct) Victoria School of Writing Summer School where we learned, among other things, the importance of putting chickens in poems. One of the few postcarders who has done it every...
by Ryukan | Jul 14, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Our good friends at Lost & Found are at it again with subjects near and dear to our heart. From their e-newsletter, which went out this morning, find postcards, literary history and news of one of the poets to which the 2021 Poetry Postcard Fest is dedicated:...
by Ryukan | Jul 12, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Postcarder Sally Hedges-Blanquez points us to the Paris Review and some AMAZING collages by the late artist Eileen Agar. From the article: In an undated note bequeathed to the Tate Archive in 1992, Eileen Agar (1899–1991) writes of her admiration for the author of...
by Ryukan | Jul 4, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The 15th Poetry Postcard Fest is on and registration is in its final two weeks. 14 different countries are represented, along with 46 U.S. states (+DC), 3 Australian states and 4 Canadian provinces. And a beautiful primer on the fest has been created by Julie A. Fast,...
by Ryukan | Jul 1, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
We had an excellent time talking poetry postcards on Juneteenth, June 19, 2021. Over 30 people joined the Zoom affair as Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson talked about the origin of the fest, a collaboration with Lana Ayers, who simply said:...
by Ryukan | Jun 28, 2021 | Blog
For Immediate Release June 28, 2021 SPLAB’s 15th Annual Poetry Postcard Fest: A Tribute to di Prima and McClure Registration for the 15th Poetry Postcard Fest ends July 18, 2021 at popo.submittable.com The fest in 2020 featured 544 participants from 11 countries, 47...
by Ryukan | Jun 24, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Postcarder Sally Hedges-Blanquez alerts us to: Ellsworth Kelly: Postcards will present a comprehensive survey of Kelly’s postcard collages, with 150 works on view. Many postcards reveal specific places where Kelly lived or visited, such as Paris, where Kelly lived in...
by Ryukan | Jun 17, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Join us Via Zoom, Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 10am PDT for a Poetry Postcard Fest orientation. If you have never participated before, here’s your chance to see how it works. If you HAVE done the fest before, here is your chance to see some of the faces attached...
by Ryukan | Jun 14, 2021 | Blog
Poetry Postcard Fest Orientation 10am PDT, this Saturday, June 19, 2021. Make sure YOU are ready, or tell a poet friend about the joy of summer poetry postcards as SPLAB presents an orientation for the 15th Poetry Postcard Fest, which is accepting registrants at...
by Ryukan | Jun 1, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I was delighted to team up with postcarder (with a new book!) Margaret Lee for an essay that has been published in The Journal for Black Mountain College Studies, Volume 12. (pdf) Postcard poets represented include J.I. Kleinberg, Judy Jensen, Tim Mateer & Colette...
