August Poetry Postcard Fest 2016 cards received And here are the postcards which have made their way across the Atlantic… all 27 of them. I think there are more en route for those who have carried the fest on into September. In the mean time my thanks to Linda Malnack, Mary Beth Frezon, Rachel Barber,…
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August Poetry Postcard fest 2016
The poetry postcards from fellow poets continued to arrive until recently. So now it’s time to look back on August and a month of writing and receiving poetry postcards. Collage cards made by Caroline Davies I was far better prepared this year with more than enough cards to allow me to write 31 poems to…
August Poetry Postcard Fest 2016 – ten years of postcards
It’s time to register for the annual jamboree of poetry postcards organised by Paul Nelson and Lana Ayers. The countdown clock shows there’s only a few days to go before registrations close. Once you’ve signed up you’ll receive a list of the other 31 members of your group and it will be time to start…
August Poetry Postcard Fest
There is less than a day to go before registration opens for this August’s Poetry postcard fest. This involves poets from around the world sending a poetry postcard a day to other poets. It’s been happening since 2007 and I discovered it last year and took part for the first time. I wrote about my…
More postcards
With a rush of blood to the head just before Christmas I signed up for the postcard exchange being organised by Amy Souza. She runs the Spark project which pairs writers and artists and gives each party a chance to be inspired by the other’s work. Her plan for January 2015 is to put together…
Leaving the line – postcards
As the year draws to a close I wanted to mention some of the lovely things that have come my way in this mostly unlovely year for me personally. One of my favourites of the autumn was Leaving the line – Images and words of War and Wondering. This is a Bristol based project created…
Are we there yet?
Earlier in the summer I mentioned taking part in the annual Poetry Postcard Festival organised from the United States by Paul Nelson and others. This has improved my grasp of the geography of the US as even when the card itself wasn’t specific to the local I did look up where it had come from.…