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Postcards of the Past and Future

Postcards of the Past and Future

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...
2025 PPF Open House VIDEO

2025 PPF Open House VIDEO

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...
Spring Thoughts

Spring Thoughts

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...
2025 Poetry Postcard Fest

2025 Poetry Postcard Fest

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...
What Happened to August?

What Happened to August?

From PPF Committee member Judy Kleinberg: If you’ve ever changed your name, you will appreciate how difficult it is to get rid of your previous name. The Poetry Postcard Fest has been around since 2007, when Paul Nelson and Lana Ayers devised a plan for a month-long...