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...
by Ryukan | May 26, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Have you seen the gorgeous Online Poetry Postcard Fest Exhibit yet? Thank you Kristen Ryberg and James Gaynor for making it a reality. On that site you can read that the 15th year of the Poetry Postcard Fest is a tribute to two poets who helped inspire the fest and...
by Ryukan | May 19, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Veteran postcard poet NanLeah Mick is helping with this poetry event: Voices of the Grieving Heart A Poetry Reading by Six Contributors with Mike Bernhardt, Kris Kington-Barker and John Fox ~ Free Online Event ~ Sunday, May 23, 1:30 – 3:00 pm Pacific and/or...
by Ryukan | May 14, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Ellensburg, Washington postcard poet Joanne Thomas has released a book of poems; inventive “definitions” entitled bluebird (bloo-burd). TWO postcard poems chime in as Bluebird blurbers, Bethany Reid and Matt Trease: Here is but one example at...
by Ryukan | May 6, 2021 | Blog
In the last 5 weeks two new members have joined the SPLAB board of directors. Please welcome these two extraordinary humans. Already they have changed the scope and direction of the organization and I am grateful for their work with SPLAB and its mission. Diana Elser...
by Ryukan | Apr 28, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
I am asking your support for SPLAB during Give Big and contributions are being accepted now. As you may know, SPLAB is the non-profit organization that facilitates the Poetry Postcard Fest. (Registration for Year 15 is open now, here.) Give Big today here:...
