by Roberta Hoffman | Aug 30, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From PPF Committee member Sally Hedges-Blanquez: It’s not September, but it feels like Fall. The cooler air, the shorter days. My cards have been sent, but each day I find myself rereading cards I’ve received as well as looking forward to the mail. This...
by Roberta Hoffman | 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 Roberta Hoffman | 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 Roberta Hoffman | 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...
by Roberta Hoffman | Aug 8, 2024 | Poetry Postcard Fest
This Fest is For the Birds From PPF committee member Margaret Lee: I arose this morning before the full moon had set. Driving west and then south en route to Deep Fork, my shifting vantage showed me changing views of the silver disk stroked by low clouds. By the time...
