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...
Postcards from Elya Braden
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POETRY POSTCARD FEST BLOG
PPF Blurb from Suzanne Beaumont
From PPF 2025 participant Suzanne Beaumont: I am not certain which was more delightful: creating a poem and penning it onto a fun postcard and anticipating its receipt, or receiving a postcard...
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...
A Writing Exercise from Denise Levertov
Looking for inspiration to write poetry post-PPF? Consider Levertov’s Words Left in Your Pocket Exercise Read Denise Levertov’s poem “September 1961” below, paying extra attention to the lines...
Thankful Thursday: Curiosity & Care by Drew Myron
From postcard poet Drew Myron: After a steady stream of arrivals, my mailbox is now empty. I just completed the annual Poetry Postcard Fest, an organized commitment to write and mail poems on...
Location Card-Nation Narration by Amy Friedman
From postcard poet Dr. Amy L. Friedman: Some time before I knew I’d be coming to Japan I signed up for the 2025 Cascadia Poetics Lab Poetry Postcard Fest. It was founded by poets Paul E. Nelson and...
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...
PPF Blurb from Suzanne Beaumont
From PPF 2025 participant Suzanne Beaumont: I am not certain which was more delightful: creating a poem and penning it onto a fun postcard and anticipating its receipt, or receiving a postcard...
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...