by Veronica Martinez | Jun 12, 2025 | blog cascadia poetics lab, Poetry Postcard Fest
This past Wednesday, we hosted a workshop for donors of the 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest, where Paul Nelson provided guidance for having a successful postcard fest and led the group in generative assignments to prepare for a summer of spontaneous composition! You can now...
by Veronica Martinez | Jun 6, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From PPF committee member Margaret Lee: I live in Tulsa on Route 66, where postcards are easy to find. You have seen the kind I mean: that map of the U.S. with a bold red line connecting Chicago to Los Angeles and a white shield with “66” in bold numbers. Or photos of...
by Veronica Martinez | May 30, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
PPF 2025 Zoom Open House On Wednesday, May 28, we hosted an open house via Zoom to talk all things Poetry Postcard Fest! Paul and I were joined by PPF committee members Ina Roy-Faderman, Zach Charles and Sally Hedges-Blanquez, along with longtime postcard poets Tim...
by Veronica Martinez | Apr 21, 2025 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From PPF Committee member Ina Roy-Faderman: in the northern hemisphere, we’re getting more sunshine. while Tennyson (bless him)* described spring as the season where young men’s interests “lightly turns to thoughts of love,” for many of us, thoughts turn to poetry...
by Veronica Martinez | Apr 12, 2025
The 2025 Poetry Postcard Fest, an annual 56 day self-guided workshop in spontaneous composition and community-building. Join hundreds of poets around the world in sending 31 first-draft poems on postcards starting July 4! July 4-August 31, 2025. Register...
