by Paul Nelson | Oct 11, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
Hi, Paul— I shared back in July that my dad died, and you posted that on the PoPo website. As a result, I was showered with love and kindness from so many PoPo folks that it overwhelmed me. I re-read the notes frequently, and they remind me how important it is to...
by Paul Nelson | Oct 4, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
From the blog of Kerfe Roig, of New York: This year I participated in Poetry Postcard Fest the Poetry Postcard Fest–where the challenge is to send a different postcard with a poem you’ve composed for each day in August, 31 in all. After you register, you receive a...
by Paul Nelson | Sep 28, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Kristen L. Ryberg Second year PoPo enter-thoughts… After signing up to two groups this year, I am struck by the connective energy our postcards, handwritten or not, carry to both giver and receiver; how even small scale knowing of another through these little glimpses...
by Paul Nelson | Sep 25, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
Group 3: here are the cards I’ve received. So very grateful for your poems and images! I can’t express how deeply you have moved me. FYI I’ve sent to everyone on group 3 list–last cards Labor day weekend. -Lillian Kurosaka — Lillian...
by Paul Nelson | Sep 16, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The video is produced and online. The first Poetry Postcard Fest open mic happened via Zoom on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 4pm PDT with your humble narrator as host. There were poetry reading debuts, a couple of ramblers, some typical Zoom connection issues, lots of...
by Paul Nelson | Sep 1, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Happy September. The fest is over, except for the stragglers. Expect a few cards coming in these next few days and then maybe one or two a few weeks late. This year with 156 days rather than 56 due to the lockdown designed to help deter the spread of COVID-19, the...
by Paul Nelson | Aug 23, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Please join us for the first Poetry Postcard Fest Open Mic, via Zoom, Sunday, September 13 at 4pm PDT. We’ll meet for 90 minutes, discuss our 2020 Poetry Postcard Fest experience and read a few poems. 3 minute time limit so TIME YOUR PRESENTATION in advance,...
by Paul Nelson | Aug 20, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetry Postcard Fest’s parent organization SPLAB is honored to partner with Easy Speak Seattle to present a night of open mic poetry and featured reader Theresa Whitehill, from Ukiah, CA on Monday, August 24 at 7:30 via Zoom. This event is supported by Poets...
by Paul Nelson | Aug 8, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Sunday, August 2 at 4pm PDT, we had a Zoom discussion on how three different veteran Poetry Postcard Fest participants create their unique cards: Abhaya Thomas, Colette Dutton and Tim Mateer. The original post is below the video of the event. * * * Living in Tacoma,...
by Paul Nelson | Jul 22, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
I have such delight in tallying up the stats for Poetry Postcard Fest when registration is over. Maybe it is the buzz of registration being over giving me time to have my own Poetry Postcard Fest experience. Maybe it’s that Poetry Postcard Fest is “an...
by Paul Nelson | Jul 18, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetics as Cosmology (Intro to Spontaneous Composition) A six week online (Zoom) workshop for people who have had a little experience in spontaneous poetry composition and want more. Join SPLAB and Poetry Postcard Fest Co-Founder Paul E Nelson in a lively course...
by Paul Nelson | Jul 16, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
Poetry Postcard Fest co-founder Paul Nelson interviews Clarissa Duran on her experience with the august POetry POstcard festival.
by Paul Nelson | Jul 15, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
The recording of the July 11 webinar on Best Poetry Postcard Practices is now online. The Co-Editors of the 56 Days of August: Poetry Postcards Anthology (Ina Roy-Faderman, Judy Kleinberg, Paul E Nelson) shared their tips on how they write postcard poems and answered...
by Paul Nelson | Jul 3, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
On Saturday, July 11 at 11am PDT, join us for a Zoom session on Best Poetry Postcard Fest Practices with the Co-Editors of 56 Days of August. Join J.I. Kleinberg, Paul E Nelson and Ina Roy-Faderman for 90 minutes of their approach to Poetry Postcard Fest, some...
by Paul Nelson | Jun 30, 2020 | Poetry Postcard Fest
A quick note that registration for Poetry Postcard Fest 2020 ends July 18. (SIGN UP HERE!) As your Poetry Postcard Fest team works to make the fest more diverse and more popular, we’d love to tap into the GLOBAL Poetry Postcard Fest BRAIN for a moment. The art...
