Thanks to Paul, Group 1, and the regulars who register every year. You all make the festival the celebration that it is. I’ve been participating in the festival from the beginning. Most years, as...
Judy Jensen PPF 2021 Afterward
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Stacey Jones Afterword
Hi Paul, As an afterword, here is a poem made up of the first lines of all the poems I received, and two images. Group 16, the stragglers! The woman holding a flower came from Greg Colburn of...
Post-Fest Open Mic Video
There were 45 attendees at the Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic event, Saturday, September 4, 2021 via the dreaded (miracle) of Zoom. Richard Osler of Duncan, BC, was a brilliant emcee and Ina...
Post-Fest Open Mic
This year's post-Poetry Postcard Fest open mic will happen Saturday, September 4 at 10am PDT via Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/s/2064225002 If you would like to help coordinate it, please let me...
Marge Merrill RIP (A Tribute by Karen Lee Lewis)
MARGARET “MARGE” MERRILL, a life-long resident of Western New York and longtime participant in its poetry community, died suddenly on July 22 after a brief illness. She was 70. A former host of the...
Nina Murray’s Postcard Sourcing Tips
Nina Murray has a wonderful post about the fest and about where SHE gets postcards: So I thought I’d take this opportunity to list my all-time favorite sources of postcards (the listings are not...
Postcards for Richard
Caring Bridge for Richard Osler “Did you know, a quick comment can boost morale by 28.2%”— Caring Bridge Longtime Poetry Postcard Fest participant Richard Osler has been diagnosed with Stage Four...
Ina’s Fest Preparation
The Poetry Postcard Fest is beginning soon! Finalized lists of the people we’re trading postcard poems with will be distributed starting this week. And each of us are preparing in our own way: those...
Judy Kleinberg on Captain Who?
Captain who??? As you may have noticed, there’s a new term in the Poetry Postcard Fest glossary for 2024: List Captain. Like many grassroots organizations that grow organically, the annual Fest...