by Paul Nelson | Sep 8, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Hi Paul, As an afterword, here is a poem made up of the first lines of all the poems I received, and two images. Group 16, the stragglers! The woman holding a flower came from Greg Colburn of Hanover, PA (the painting is Wild Flowers by John Wragg.) The clothespins...
by Paul Nelson | Sep 5, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
There were 45 attendees at the Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic event, Saturday, September 4, 2021 via the dreaded (miracle) of Zoom. Richard Osler of Duncan, BC, was a brilliant emcee and Ina Roy-Faderman, co-editor of 56 Days of August helped coordinate the list of...
by Paul Nelson | Aug 28, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
This year’s post-Poetry Postcard Fest open mic will happen Saturday, September 4 at 10am PDT via Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/s/2064225002 If you would like to help coordinate it, please let me know. We plan to record it for folks who are away on Labor Day...
by Paul Nelson | Aug 10, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Nina Murray has a wonderful post about the fest and about where SHE gets postcards: So I thought I’d take this opportunity to list my all-time favorite sources of postcards (the listings are not sponsored in any way :). My/your local Goodwill. Never fails. There are...
by Paul Nelson | Jul 31, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The numbers are in for year 15 of the Poetry Postcard Fest, as registration has ended (FINALLY) and the poets at Casa del Colibrí can move on to their own poetry postcard production and the next heat wave or smoke infestation. But I digress. Here are the numbers:...
