20th annual Poetry Postcard Fest Special Project

Hello Postcarders, Bioregionalists, Poets, et.al, I am writing you today on behalf of Cascadia 2050 to invite you to participate in a special project honoring the 20th Poetry Postcard Festival. We hope you will be able to start your fest a little early and send us one...

CJ Prince Has Passed

The Conversation Continues: A Gedenkschrift for C.J. Prince

Postcards at Kubota Garden

Free Poetry Postcard Collage workshop and tour of Kubota Garden supported by 4Culture.

Postcards at yəhaw̓’ (Indigenous Creatives Collective) in Rainier Beach

Poetry Postcard Activation at yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective April 1 2026 from 6-7pm.

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The Cards I Got + INTERVIEW SEASON!

The Cards I Got + INTERVIEW SEASON!

Look at the 53 cards I got in 2021: If the baseball season can go into November, then postcard season can go late into October and I have been blown away by all the postcard love I got this year. I...

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From JD Eames

From JD Eames

Dear Paul, I hope this is the correct email to write you about the Festival. First time Postcard Poetry participant here. As of today, I've received 21 postcards! Very impressed by the ingenuity of...

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Mary Beth Frezon PPF Afterword

Mary Beth Frezon PPF Afterword

Thank you Mary Beth Frezon, veteran postcarder, for these wise words: Yes I’m one of those people who mark your card as arrived when it does but I don’t worry about it if it doesn’t. I’m grateful...

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Alice Van Mill 2021 PPF Afterword

Alice Van Mill 2021 PPF Afterword

I enjoyed participating in the poetry festival.  Although I only have received 9 poems so far, I can see the thoughtfulness in them. I will be looking forward to receiving more in the mail.  I have...

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Judy Kleinberg 2021 PPF Afterword

Judy Kleinberg 2021 PPF Afterword

Longtime postcard poet and co-editor of 56 Days of August Judy Kleinberg has published her 2021 Poetry Postcard Fest afterword: I never know quite when it’s over — when all of the postcards I’m...

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Postcards From Mapes Creek

Postcards From Mapes Creek

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...

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