18 Aug 429. to Stu Cawley, Chestertown, MD – Bodies of Clay
(For Audio, click here.) or [caption id="attachment_4380" align="alignleft" width="608"] 429. to Stu Cawley, Chestertown, MD – Bodies of Clay[/caption]...
POPO Blog Archives
17 Aug 428. Age of Wind (For Judy Jensen)
OK, I jumped the gun on the 2013 August POetry POstcard Fest. Though I am posting here a month after writing and sending the first poem of 2013 (& my 428th postcard poem) I started writing the poems on July 17 and not ten days...
31 Jul August Poetry Postcard Fest
[caption id="attachment_4515" align="alignleft" width="269"] The August POetry POstcard Fest has Begun![/caption] The final list is out and 302 poets have joined us for the August Poetry Postcard fest this year. There are poets from Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Australia, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, France,...
23 Jul Penultimate Postcard Update
[caption id="attachment_4458" align="alignleft" width="424"] Dia de los Postcard[/caption] I got the latest postcard update from Brendan McBreen (see below) with the new list of 243 people, easily a new postcard record! Am a little stunned and very excited about the fest and (as noted here) have...
17 Jul Postcard Update
[caption id="attachment_4368" align="alignleft" width="272"] 423. to Joanne Clarkson, Olympia, WA – Other Side[/caption] The man coordinating the list for the 2013 August POetry POstcard Fest, Brendan McBreen, informs us that 179 poets have signed up so far and the cut off date is less than two...
05 Jul Another Postcard Bargain
[caption id="attachment_4294" align="alignleft" width="230"] "You Call Those Sonnets?!?"[/caption] I'm getting ready for the August Poetry Postcard Fest, which starts on the 27th. It's the 7th year we've done this and after seeing a link to a talk Ted Berrigan gave in 1979 on his Sonnets, I...
24 Jun The Tao of Postcards
The absolute tranquility is the present moment. Though it is at this moment, there is no limit to this moment, and herein is eternal delight. - Hui-neng In 2000 I was invited to participate in the 3:15 Experiment, which involved writing every day in August at...
22 Jun August Postcard Poem Fest Returns
[caption id="attachment_2230" align="alignleft" width="378"] Poetry Postcard by Brendan McBreen[/caption] From Brendan McBreen: Once more it is almost August! The August Poetry Postcard Project is an exercise in responding to other poets. You write a poem a day for the month of August, write it on a postcard and...
28 Nov PageBoy Magazine Release Party 12.1.12 7P Kaleidoscope Vision
Every since being introduced to Ted Berrigan's "The Sonnets" years and years ago, I was fascinated by the combination of a casual feel combined with a process that, in part, was influenced by Alfred North Whitehead. I LOVED lines like: Some people prefer the interior...
15 Oct 427. to Ramon Hildreth, SeaTac, WA – Not Yet Muddy
427. to Ramon Hildreth, SeaTac, WA – Not Yet Muddy 9.26.12 Medora, ND, Ramon – Loaded w/ egg-salad and roast beast sangwiches, pass Oink Joint Rd. & Peace Pipe Vista to a “Fish Hook & a riddle.” What life what soul what consciousness joins Bemidji & Crescent City? A long thought to Ozawindib & the waters’ caretakers. A...