by Ryukan | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog
Please join us Sunday, August 2 at 4pm PDT, for a Zoom discussion on how three different veteran POPO participants create their unique cards. Join Abhaya Thomas, Colette Dutton and Tim Mateer for an hour session. Zoom I.D. – 206 422 5002. Paul E Nelson...
by Ryukan | Jul 22, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
I have such delight in tallying up the stats for Poetry Postcard Fest when registration is over. Maybe it is the buzz of registration being over giving me time to have my own Poetry Postcard Fest experience. Maybe it’s that Poetry Postcard Fest is “an...
by Ryukan | Jul 18, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetics as Cosmology (Intro to Spontaneous Composition) A six week online (Zoom) workshop for people who have had a little experience in spontaneous poetry composition and want more. Join SPLAB and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson in a lively course...
by Ryukan | Jul 16, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetry Postcard Fest co-founder Paul Nelson interviews Clarissa Duran on her experience with the august POetry POstcard festival.
by Ryukan | Jul 15, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The recording of the July 11 webinar on Best Poetry Postcard Practices is now online. The Co-Editors of the 56 Days of August: Poetry Postcards Anthology (Ina Roy-Faderman, Judy Kleinberg, Paul E Nelson) shared their tips on how they write postcard poems and answered...
by Ryukan | Jul 13, 2020 | Blog
Our Best POPO Practices Zoom webinar last Saturday (July 11 @ 11am) with J.I. Kleinberg and Ina Roy-Faderman was a hit with the POPO faithful and we’re editing it for Youtube. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, longtime POPO participant Penelope Moffet posted this about it...
by Ryukan | Jul 4, 2020 | Blog
Thanks to Seattle Civic Poet Jourdan Keith for tipping SPLAB off to this, which we present as our statement of solidarity with Black Lives Matter. See also our July 2017 statement:...
by Ryukan | Jul 3, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
On Saturday, July 11 at 11am PDT, join us for a Zoom session on Best Poetry Postcard Fest Practices with the Co-Editors of 56 Days of August. Join J.I. Kleinberg, Paul E Nelson and Ina Roy-Faderman for 90 minutes of their approach to Poetry Postcard Fest, some...
by Ryukan | Jun 30, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
A quick note that registration for Poetry Postcard Fest 2020 ends July 18. (SIGN UP HERE!) As your Poetry Postcard Fest team works to make the fest more diverse and more popular, we’d love to tap into the GLOBAL Poetry Postcard Fest BRAIN for a moment. The art...
by Ryukan | Jun 28, 2020 | Blog
SPLAB ISSUES LAST CALL FOR POPO 14TH AUGUST POETRY POSTCARD FEST Seattle, WA, July 1, 2020—Seattle Poetics LAB (SPLAB), a literary arts-oriented nonprofit organization and organizing entity of the Cascadia Poetry...
by Ryukan | Jun 28, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
Group 11 filled up yesterday and got their list. Group 12 has several registrants and Poetry Postcard Fest registration continues until July 18. Can poetry heal is the question posed by Diana Raab: …Reading and writing poetry encourages a certain...
by Ryukan | Jun 19, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I’m delighted to have a poem in the latest edition of Rattle #68 (June 2020) as well as an interview which touches on Poetry Postcard Fest. Tim Green did a first-rate job on the interview and the magazine is $6.95. See if you can spot any postcard regulars in...
by Ryukan | May 12, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetry Postcard Fest co-founder Paul Nelson interviews Julie Naslund on her experience with the august POetry POstcard festival.
by Ryukan | May 8, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetry Postcard Fest co-founder Paul Nelson interviews Laura Pena on her experience with the Poetry Postcard festival.
by Ryukan | May 7, 2020 | Blog
SPLAB GOT VERY CLOSE its Give Big goal of $1,500 today, getting to $1,411.54 thanks to several donors, including Larry Lawrence, Buffy Sedlachek, Greg Bem, Carol Sunde, Matthew Trease, Larry Laurence, Sally Hedges-Blanquez, Jared Leising, Clarissa Duran and Holly...