Daysong Workshops THIS WEEK!

Daysong Workshops This Week! Join us for online workshops focusing on the Daysong practice of writing a poem for an entire day this Thursday, January 22, and Sunday, January 25, both 3-5 PM PST. The two workshops will be similar with slight variations, so we invite...

What are you of? Poetry Exercise

What Are You Of? We want to share exercises for you to continue to practice poetry in mythic ways outside of workshops and the Poetry Postcard Fest! Get to the roots of who you are, where you're from and where you're going with the What Are You Of exercise. We often...

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...

PPF Blurb from Suzanne Beaumont

by Veronica Martinez | Sep 20, 2025

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!

by Veronica Martinez | Sep 18, 2025

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

by Veronica Martinez | Sep 15, 2025

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

by Veronica Martinez | Sep 12, 2025

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

by Veronica Martinez | Sep 9, 2025

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...

Poetry Postcard Fest ’25 Wrap Up ZoomParty

by Zach Charles | Sep 5, 2025

Join us on Zoom on Saturday, September 6 for the Poetry Postcard Fest ’25 Wrap Up ZoomParty. We will meet at 2 pm PST and chat for 2 hours about our experiences this summer in the Fest, share some of our favorite cards we received, and talk about ways to keep the poetic energy flowing into the autumn. We’ll also talk about some exciting potential for the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest next year!