by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 20, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From PPF 2025 participant Suzanne Beaumont: I am not certain which was more delightful: creating a poem and penning it onto a fun postcard and anticipating its receipt, or receiving a postcard poem in my mailbox. I received so many really great poems. These small...
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...
by Roberta Hoffman | Sep 1, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Register for PPF 2026! Registration for the 2026 Poetry Postcard Fest is open NOW! CLICK HERE to register for next year’s summer of postcard poetry. Thank you so much to every postcard poet that participated this year! Thank you to the PPF committee: Ina...
