by Ryukan | Jul 25, 2016 | Poetry Postcard Fest
It is the tenth year of the August Poetry Postcard Fest and as I was taking an afternoon walk this past weekend, it hit me – what a gift this annual event is through and through. Having so many people year after year tell me, email me, or post to the APPF...
by Ryukan | May 31, 2016 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The call for the tenth year of the August Poetry Postcard Fest will be released on July 4, 2016, and tickets go on sale at that time. Like last year, as soon as 32 participating poets get signed up, the list will go to them and registration will begin for the next...
by Ryukan | Feb 21, 2016 | Poetry Postcard Fest
An August Poetry Postcard from 2015 featuring yet another photo of mine from 2014, this one from the Skokomish Rez, I love the allusion to the American Indian Movement and hope President Obama will finally pardon Leonard Peltier. But the poem is more about...
by Ryukan | Dec 3, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Even though the clock is ticking down until next year’s August Poetry Postcard Fest (Year Ten!), some folks have not fully completed their 2015 tasks, including the intrepid Judy Kleinberg. She just posted her 2015 wrapup: There will be a few tweaks to the fest...
by Ryukan | Aug 30, 2015 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Autumn came in with a bang yesterday, three weeks early. (Damage is said to be in the tens of millions of dollars.) It’s odd, but early Spring and early Summer this year were greeted with great joy. Early Fall? Ugh. Truth is many around here loved the early rain...