by Roberta Hoffman | Jul 10, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Full width, Poetry Postcard Fest
Postcards From Mapes Creek Join us next to Mapes Creek at 4:30 Sunday, July 14, 2024, as Tim Mateer, of Austin, TX, Abhaya Thomas of Portland, OR, and Colette Dutton of Yellville, AR, talk about their approach to the annual Poetry Postcard Fest along with local poets...
by Veronica Martinez | Jul 7, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Inland Poetry Presents: 31 Days Join Inland Poetry in Ellensburg, WA on Saturday July 20, 2024 from 4-6 PM for a postcard poetry event! Poets Jillian Calahan and Rachel Karyo will share strategies for participating in poetry marathons. This event is free and open to...
by Veronica Martinez | Jul 4, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Getting Ready for Poetry Postcard Fest From Postcard Poet Colleen Hein: I’m simultaneously nervous and excited to send postcard poems to thirty-one strangers. The most important rule? Write the poem in one fell swoop -no drafts, no practicing your handwriting, just an...
by Ryukan | Jul 3, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Caring Bridge for Richard Osler “Did you know, a quick comment can boost morale by 28.2%”— Caring Bridge Longtime Poetry Postcard Fest participant Richard Osler has been diagnosed with Stage Four esophageal cancer. It has spread to his liver and lymph nodes and he has...
by Ryukan | Jul 1, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, podcast
Attending a memorial always has its share of grief. Some memorials more than others. The life of Barry McKinnon was celebrated in Prince George, British Columbia, Saturday, June 22, 2024. (I will write in more detail about Barry before too long. Poetry Postcard Fest...
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 Roberta Hoffman | Jun 25, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Full width, Poetry Postcard Fest
Postcards From Here Cascadia Poetics Lab will be celebrating the Poetry Postcard Fest with its first in-person postcard event on July 14, 2024 at 11 A.M. PDT at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, WA! The event will feature three long-time Poetry Postcard Fest...
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 Veronica Martinez | Jun 20, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
Eyeballin’ It with Kat: One Poet’s Approach to Writing Postcard Poems by Kat Bodrie I call my method for hanging framed pictures “Eyeballin’ It with Kat.” (I told my husband it’ll be the name of my PBS show.) Rather than using a tape measure, pencil, and level, I...
by Veronica Martinez | Jun 18, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
PPF Open House Video and FAQ! On June 16, 2024, CPL hosted a Zoom open house for the Poetry Postcard Fest, where the PPF committee answered any questions regarding the fest and postcard poems were shared! If you missed it, you can now watch the full Zoom below! Below,...
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 Veronica Martinez | Jun 16, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab
Mapes Creek Radiance: A Residency for Puget Sound Creatives When: August 10-14, 2024, 8 AM-11 AM PDTWhere: Mapes Creek at Be’er Sheva Park, Seattle, WA Artists and writers will gather together for 5 consecutive summer mornings along Mapes Creek in the Rainier...
by Veronica Martinez | Jun 15, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
PPF ZOOM OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY JUNE 16! Join the Poetry Postcard Fest project board on Sunday, June 6, 2024 at 1 P.M. PDT for a PPF Zoom open house! Now that we are less than a month away from the Poetry Postcard Fest, prepare for the fest by attending the Zoom and asking...
by Roberta Hoffman | Jun 13, 2024 | Blog, blog cascadia poetics lab, News, Poetry Postcard Fest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2024 Contact: Paul E. Nelson pen@cascadiapoeticslab.org CASCADIA POETICS LAB TO HOST 18TH POETRY POSTCARD FEST AND POSTCARDS FROM HERE EVENT By Veronica Martinez, Cascadia Poetics Lab Administrative Assistant Unleash your poetic...
