Postcard Divinations (Akua Lezli Hope)

Akua Lezli Hope on her poetry postcard project in upstate New York

Sept 1, 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic Video

Video of Sept 1, 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic

2027 Poetry Postcard Registration Open

2027 Poetry Postcard Fest Registration is open.

Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic

Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic for Year 20, Sept 1, 2026.

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Reflection on Poetry Postcard Trees (& Photos!)

We need to learn from Fujitaro and see the gardens that can grow from our wastelands, from the Pacific trash heap to the City of Seattle dump to the logged former forestland to the filled in estuaries of rivers like the Duwamish that make the Port of Seattle or Marshlands that make Baltimore’s inner harbor to the sprawl of LA and suburbs around all cities in this country to the merciless businesses of insurance and pharmaceuticals and lobbying and media (social, in particular) and AI and bottled water and so on. 

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Postcards from Chaos

Postcards from Chaos

Writing poetry in a time of crisis, Ukraine, postcards.”War tries to destroy culture because culture sustains identity and memory. Literature is not only a victim of war, it is an instrument of survival, resistance, witnessing – and, sometimes, welcome refuge…”

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The Last Poetry Postcard Fest Activation of 2026

Last 2026 Poetry Postcard Activation June 6 11a-1pm

The last 2026 Poetry Postcard Activation is set for June 6 from 11a-1pm at Pritchard Beach in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood with postcard collage making, future-centric poetry prompts, local history and a vision for the venue in the future.

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Reflection on Poetry Postcard Trees (& Photos!)

We need to learn from Fujitaro and see the gardens that can grow from our wastelands, from the Pacific trash heap to the City of Seattle dump to the logged former forestland to the filled in estuaries of rivers like the Duwamish that make the Port of Seattle or Marshlands that make Baltimore’s inner harbor to the sprawl of LA and suburbs around all cities in this country to the merciless businesses of insurance and pharmaceuticals and lobbying and media (social, in particular) and AI and bottled water and so on. 

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