Michael Kennedy PPF 2026 Report

Michael Kennedy’s 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest report.

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.

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Voices of the Grieving Heart

Voices of the Grieving Heart

Veteran postcard poet NanLeah Mick is helping with this poetry event: Voices of the Grieving Heart A Poetry Reading by Six Contributors with Mike Bernhardt, Kris Kington-Barker and John Fox ~ Free...

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bluebird (bloo-burd)

bluebird (bloo-burd)

Ellensburg, Washington postcard poet Joanne Thomas has released a book of poems; inventive "definitions" entitled bluebird (bloo-burd). TWO postcard poems chime in as Bluebird blurbers, Bethany Reid...

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Karen Loeb Reading

Karen Loeb Reading

Wisconsin postcard poet sends news: Hi Paul-- I'll be giving a presentation at the U. of Wisconsin-Stout in celebration of Nat'l Poetry Month this coming Mon. Apr. 12 @ 7:00 pm CDT. I'll be reading...

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The Lost Postcards of Diane di Prima

The Lost Postcards of Diane di Prima

As mentioned in last week's post, the 15th year of the Poetry Postcard Fest will be in honor of two brilliant poets we lost in 2020, Michael McClure and Diane di Prima. Diane was an actual...

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Ina’s Fest Preparation

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...

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Judy Kleinberg on Captain Who?

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...

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Postcards From Here

Postcards From Here

Postcards From Here Cascadia Poetics Lab will be celebrating the Poetry Postcard Fest with its first in-person postcard event on July 14, 2024 at 11 A.M. PDT at the Olympic Sculpture Park in...

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