Hello 2026!

Happy New Year from Cascadia Poetics Lab! Happy New Year! Thank you for another successful and enriching year for poetry and place in Cascadia! This year, we introduced new in-person and online programming that gathered community and encouraged mindful and intentional...

Postcard Poetry Group

Join the Postcard Poetry Group! Can't wait until the next PPF to start sending postcard poetry? Join the postcard poetry group! Postcard poet Barbara Robinette has gathered a small group of poets that exchange monthly postcard poems to keep the spirit of PPF alive...

At First, I Was So In Love I Didn’t Think About It by Martha Clarkson

Postcard Poems by Martha Clarkson Postcard poet Martha Clarkson published some of her postcard poems from 2025 in Hobart Pulp last week! Congratulations on the publication, Martha! We're so glad the Poetry Postcard Fest provided inspiration to write poems that you...

Exercise as a Prerequisite to Creativity – Sue Diewert on PPF

PPF 2025 poet Sue Diewert published a piece on the Poetry Postcard Fest in Sage-ing: The Journal of Creative Aging! You can read Sue's piece and see her PPF 2025 postcards below. Thank you for your support and insight, Sue! If you are interested in joining us for the...

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Postcards from Elya Braden

Postcards from Elya Braden

Postcards from PPF 2025 Poet Elya Braden! Below are gorgeous postcards and poems created by 2025 PPF poet Elya Braden. Thank you so much for sharing your gorgeous work, Elya! Earlybird registration...

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PPF Zoom Afterparty Video!

PPF Zoom Afterparty Video!

PPF After Party Video! On Saturday, September 6, 2025, the Poetry Postcard Fest committee hosted a Zoom after party for the 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest. Founding Director Paul Nelson and PPF committee...

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