It's in YEAR ELEVEN which is hard to believe, but the August Poetry Postcard Fest started in 2007 by Lana Ayers and me...
Oct 9 Postcard Panel
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Paul E Nelson Blog
Nurse Log Poem at Bradner Gardens
I think it might be seven times now that I have been invited to read poems by Jim O'Halloran at his annual concert at...
Two Countries Anthology
Was having after-party drinks and tacos with Nadine Maestas and we were commiserating about the intensity of people of...
POetry POstcard Update (APPF11 2017)
There is less than a week to sign up for the 11th August POetry POstcard Fest. We have 5 and a half complete groups so...
August POetry POstcard Fest Year 11 Official Call
The August Poetry Postcard Fest was initiated in 2007 by poets Paul Nelson and Lana Ayers. 2017 marks the eleventh...
The Hanners: Husband & Wife Postcarders
It's almost 4th of July which means August is coming. August for me has become synonymous with the heart of summer...
5th Cascadia Poetry Fest – Tacoma Oct 12-15
A few months ago I changed the header of this here website once again and added the phrase "Twenty Year Cascadia...
Charles Potts Interview
John Oliver Simon, former director of California Poets in the Schools and recipient of an NEA grant for translation,...
Profile of an Anarcho-Leftist, Poet/Librarian, Gentrifier, Greg Bem
When you think of the kind of person gentrifying the Rainier Valley, a man who could be described as an...
2017 August POetry POstcard Fest is Coming
The call for the eleventh year of the August Poetry Postcard Fest goes out July 4, 2017, and registration opens then....
Poetry Wars Revived
Most of the LANGPO vs. Black Mountain poetry war was fought before I was invested in poetry, so I have done my best to...
Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation
oIs it Cultural Appropriation or Cultural Appreciation? Can you tell the difference? Is close reading dead? The issue...