The second poem from the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest, this one is really the first, since #505 was a dry run and...
506. Curved Projections
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Paul E Nelson Blog
Whalen, Zen and Postcards
Thanks to Sam Hamill's suggestion, I have been reading Crowded by Beauty a biography of Beat Poet and Zen Monk Philip...
Zen, BLM Shuts Down Bernie
I was at the Bernie Sanders rally yesterday (8.8.15) in downtown Seattle's Westlake Center where he was interrupted a...
After The Japanese 83-86
"The poem beats you down the street*" when the poem is written as an act of discovery. It's part of the joy of an open...
Barry McKinnon Interview
To start a poetry culture in a town that had none before your arrival and to have that community continue while you...
Postcard Feedback
I know what you are thinking. Don't put any more energy into things like this, but my strong sense of justice is...
Susan McCaslin on Robin Blaser
Susan McCaslin has a wonderful piece that was posted yesterday to the Cascadia Poetry Fest blog: Trailblazing with...
After The Japanese 80-82
More "alternate takes" in this series which I have been serializing here and which is over 18 months old. More poems...
2015 Postcard Final Stats
The signup for the 9th August Poetry Postcard Fest is final and the list has been sent to all participants. The total...
505. The Lake’s Brain
I was taking my corridor walk June 23, 2015, and was stunned by the reflection of the sun on wavelets of Lake...
Comment from a Postcarder
I am running this comment (from this post) as a post on its own just to take time to appreciate the sentiment. It...
2015 Poetry Postcard F.A.Q.’s
A few random questions posed by participants, or would-be participants, in the 2015 August Poetry Postcard Fest. By...