by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 25, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
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 designing and the impact of sending poetry postcards to loved...
by Roberta Hoffman | Nov 7, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
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 2,000 Poetry Postcards in his illustrious postcard career. He is...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 18, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
PPF After Party Video! On Saturday, September 6, 2025, the Poetry Postcard Fest committee hosted a Zoom after party for the 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest. Founding Director Paul Nelson and PPF committee members Zach Charles, Judy Kleinberg and Sally Hedges-Blanquez were...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 15, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Looking for inspiration to write poetry post-PPF? Consider Levertov’s Words Left in Your Pocket Exercise Read Denise Levertov’s poem “September 1961” below, paying extra attention to the lines regarding the death of predecessor poets, three (Ezra Pound, William Carlos...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 12, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From postcard poet Drew Myron: After a steady stream of arrivals, my mailbox is now empty. I just completed the annual Poetry Postcard Fest, an organized commitment to write and mail poems on postcards to 32 strangers. Now in its 18th year, the event drew nearly 500...
