Poetry Postcard Fest 2021 – Register Soon!

Just a reminder that a great way to stretch your poetry muscles is to get some daily practice and it’s that time again for August’s Poetry Postcard Fest. Registration ends on July 18, so time is short to sign up but you can do it!

You’ll get a list of 31 other folks and starting just before or on August 1, you’ll write a poem a day, sending it off to each successive person after you on the list. I usually have a short list of possible prompts in case I get stuck but generally once going it’s easier to keep going. Last year as you may recall my biggest problem was a sudden burst of double-sonnets which led to cards with writing on both sides of the postcard. THhere’s no theme or form requirements (there’s talk on the page about composing directly on the card but I don’t do that (although I don’t edit what I write each day in notebook or computer). You do what works for you and what gets the postcards in the mail every day.

The daily commitment is important to both you and your own writing as well as to the folks in your group. Who doesn’t love to get real mail in the mailbox?

Be bold! You can do it! Read more about it and you can sign up here. Small fee supports the Seattle Poetry Lab.

Here’s Harry practicing watching for the mailman. (ok he might be watching chipmunks… but he does watch the mailbox too)