We had an excellent time talking poetry postcards on Juneteenth, June 19, 2021. Over 30 people joined the Zoom affair as Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson talked about the origin of the fest, a collaboration with Lana Ayers, who simply said: “I’ll help.” (You don’t know how important those two words are sometimes!)

Paul covered this wide-ranging agenda:

1. History
2. https://www.poetrypostcardfestexhibit.org/
3. This year’s fest (di Prima and McClure)
4. https://paulenelson.com/2021/06/19/david-stephen-calonne-diane-di-prima-visionary-poetics-the-hidden-religions/
5. Process
6. Resources
7. Methods
8. https://tang.skidmore.edu/exhibitions/275-ellsworth-kelly-postcards
9. The fest’s ongoing depth…
10. Questions

See the video here:

Registration for 2021’s fest ends July 18. See: popo.submittable.com/submit