Are you looking for inspiration for you next poetry postcard? Take a page from Robert Duncan, a devotee of Hilda "H.D." Doolittle and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance. In Towards an...
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Poetry From Journalism Exercise
Poetry From Journalism Exercise The news is chaotic and constant these days, but this week we bring you an exercise that can help you harness it for your poetry this week- straight from one of our...
To AI or Not to AI (Definitely Not)
To AI or Not to AI? (Definitely not.) From Postcard Poet Kathy Paul: I’ve loved participating in the summer Poetry Postcard Fest since I first heard about it in 2014 or 2015. I’ve introduced several...
Personal Universe Deck Poetry Practice
Last week we brought you some inspiration from our 2024 Life As Rehearsal For the Poem and Poetics As Cosmology course, and this week we have something from a course from earlier this year to help...
PPF Poet Eleanor Keisman Publishes Novella
Poetry Postcard Fest poet Eleanor Keisman is publishing a climate fiction novella entitled New Animal through Broken Tribe Press. Congratulations Eleanor! "It’s the year 2081, and the world is in...
A Writing Exercise for Postcard Poets!
We’re in the thick of it now! The Poetry Postcard Fest has gotten off to a great start, and we’re starting to see the postcards roll in- but for some this is the exact moment when writers block sets...
Support the Poetry Postcard Fest!
Support PPF on Giving Tuesday! Thank you for supporting Cascadia Poetics Lab and the Poetry Postcard Fest! Thanks to you, an estimated 18,000 original postcard poems were sent by postcard poets...
Tim Mateer Postcard Workshop VIDEO
On November 22, 2025, Cascadia Poetics Lab hosted an online workshop with longtime postcard poet Tim Mateer for early registrants of the 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest. Tim discussed his techniques in...
Postcard Workshop with Tim Mateer!
Tim Mateer Postcard Workshop Learn about different techniques and perspectives in writing and designing postcards with longtime Poetry Postcard Fest poet Tim Mateer! Tim has created and mailed over...












