by Paul Nelson | Apr 6, 2023 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
I’m delighted to have a postcard poem in the new anthology I Sing the Salmon Home. It’s a book of poems by Washington state poets, curated by the last state Poet Laureate (and Lummi Tribal member Rena Priest) and published by Empty Bowl. From the...
by Paul Nelson | Oct 20, 2022 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
It does not feel like fall in Seattle where it has rained .5 inches in the last 120 days. Needless to say the air quality is horrid and I am still thinking it is summer. I guess I am not too late to post a video of the poetry postcards I received in 2022. A LOT! (I...
by Paul Nelson | Aug 31, 2022 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
The 2022 Poetry Postcard Fest is over & ends with the largest participation in 16 years. 17 total groups tie the 2020 expanded pandemic fest. Doing the math and assuming all participants will send out 31 cards, that’s 16,864 postcard poems that were sent in...
by Paul Nelson | Apr 27, 2022 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
Dear Postcard Poet, The earlybird registration for 2022 (Year 16 of the Poetry Postcard Fest) ends June 4 and the price will nudge up a bit for those who wait for the last month, so… if you’re into saving money and still having poetry postcards landing in...
by Paul Nelson | Oct 31, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
In this workshop we take the methods and the organismic stance toward poetics (& life) and continue to investigate how to deepen one’s own work and life through spontaneous writing, rituals, honing the intuition, exercising the imagination & discovering the...
by Paul Nelson | Oct 26, 2021 | Poetry Postcard Fest, Uncategorized
Look at the 53 cards I got in 2021: If the baseball season can go into November, then postcard season can go late into October and I have been blown away by all the postcard love I got this year. I did hear some folks did not receive all of their cards and some cards...
