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.

524. Topless Lady (Not a Leinenkugel ®)

by Ryukan | Feb 12, 2016

For some reason I segued into a memory from my rock n roll DJ days in Appleton, WI (WAPL) with this latest 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest poem from August 11. I was a member of the Leinenkugel...

522. More Recreation

by Ryukan | Jan 21, 2016

Written in the heat of the recent Bernus Interruptus, which I witnessed and which my report of (I think) resulted in the loss of one postcard participant. The bloqueo reference is the Cuban economic...

521. Composed in Solidarity

by Ryukan | Jan 10, 2016

Since 2004, I've had a little soft spot in my heart for Muslims given that my spiritual practice (the Latihan Kejiwaan of Subud) was created (discovered?/invented?) by a Muslim. (I was initiated...

519. Needs of the Market

by Ryukan | Dec 18, 2015

On this 2015 August Poetry Postcard there is photo of the Chief after whom the city I live in is named. Is there another major American city that so directly honors its indigenous heritage? If yes,...

Hallelujah, the Poetics of Music

by Ryukan | Dec 13, 2015

(For Columbia City Gallery Literary Series, Dec 13, 2015) “We study the self to lose the self. Only when you forget yourself can you become one with all things.” - Dögen Some brief thoughts about my...

518. Stankbeard

by Ryukan | Dec 12, 2015

More Salish art in this latest 2015 August Poetry Postcard and a reference to yet another plant species identified this summer. It really DOES smell like peanut butter, but beards are entirely...