by Veronica Martinez | Aug 23, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From PPF participant Nan Jackson: After sending my 31st postcard (32 counting the extra one to Peggy Miller’s new address), I put together this binder. It’s been fun, and I have this memento to look back on. We hope everyone is having a wonderful PPF 2024!...
by Veronica Martinez | Aug 17, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From Kim Tedrow, PPF Participant: I first participated in the Poetry Postcard Fest in 2019. I’m also a mixed-media artist with an embarrassing hoard of rubber stamps, and I hand stamp all of my postcards. In 2019 I was working two jobs – one at Target. I...
by Veronica Martinez | Aug 14, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
DaySong 2024 on September 1 The DaySong is a poem written in a 24 hour period (or the 16 or so hours you’re awake during a 24 hour period). The DaySong was originally envisioned as an attempt to broaden the compositional range of the postcard poet, from the 12-14...
by Veronica Martinez | Aug 12, 2024 | blog cascadia poetics lab
August 26 Cascadian Zen on Quadra Island A launch of Cascadian Zen Volume One with readings by Jan Zwicky, Robert Bringhurst, Paul Nelson, Jason Wirth, and Adelia MacWilliam. DATE: August 26, 2024 TIME: 7-9 PMLOCATION: Community Hall970 West RoadQuadra Island,...
by Veronica Martinez | Aug 10, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From PPF Committee Member Zach Charles: Yet again, while reflecting on the Poetry Postcard Fest, I am drawn to the way the project can reveal the power of the accident. This year, unrelated to the Fest, I had ordered a book called The Miracle of Trees, by Olavi...
