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Peace Poetry Postcard Exchange

27 January 2017 by Kortney

World Peace Poets is hosting a postcard exchange during the month of February.  Each day you’ll send out a postcard to another poet with an original peace poem on it.  And in exchange, you’ll receive a poetry postcard each day.

Can you imagine a better way to spend these last dark days of winter than in writing poems and posting real mail?  Won’t you join me?

Send an email to [email protected] with Peace Postcards in the subject line and

  • your name
  • mailing address
  • email

On or around January 30th, you’ll receive your list of addresses.  Send a poem to the person listed under your name and wait for the letter carrier!

More Poetry Friday goodness over at Beyond Literacy Link.

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  1. Laura Shovan says

    27 January 2017 at 6:57 am

    Kortney, this is a wonderful idea. I’m in! With so much focus placed on resistance and marching right now, taking time to write about and share peacefulness is good practice.

    • Kortney says

      27 January 2017 at 8:12 am

      So exciting! Maybe we’ll be in the same group, Laura! Really enjoyed Last Class by the way! Each character had such a distinct voice. And that cover–swoon!

  2. Tabatha says

    27 January 2017 at 7:54 am

    Did you make that beautiful flower mandala in the photo? Wow!

    • Kortney says

      27 January 2017 at 8:10 am

      We didn’t make the mandala, Tabitha, but happened upon a woman creating it on the Autumnal Equinox. Synchronicity!

  3. Brenda Harsham says

    27 January 2017 at 9:50 am

    Love the flower mandala and the idea. I have to pass because I’m already too distracted from working on my novel. I have to get back to it. But I will be jealous!

    • Kortney says

      27 January 2017 at 3:31 pm

      Three cheers for novels and creative focus! For me it’s all about building the practice.

  4. Jane @ Raincity Librarian says

    27 January 2017 at 11:23 am

    This sounds like such a fantastic idea! How wonderful to open your mailbox and find something carefully crafted with care and inspiration.

    • Kortney says

      27 January 2017 at 3:30 pm

      I think I’ll be able to use that extra care and inspiration come February!

  5. Carol Varsalona says

    27 January 2017 at 5:15 pm

    Kortney, what a noble venture you are undertaking. Peace and hope are on my mind lately but alas! I am swamped with several projects, one of which is my Winter Wonder Gallery. Would you have a beautiful peace poem that would fit the theme for the gallery? The invitation is here: http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2017/01/invitation-to-winter-wonder-17.html.

    • Kortney says

      27 January 2017 at 8:34 pm

      Thank you so much for the invitation, Carol! I’ll certainly find something to add to the gallery.

  6. Melanie B says

    27 January 2017 at 7:54 pm

    What a lovely idea. I don’t think at this time sending out a postcard a day is an undertaking I could realistically commit to; but I used to be a great sender of postcards and letters and I love receiving them.

    • Kortney says

      27 January 2017 at 8:26 pm

      I know, it’s going to be a stretch for me too. Fingers crossed!

  7. Linda Baie says

    27 January 2017 at 8:02 pm

    It is a beautiful idea, Kortney. I’m glad you shared, but I’m committed to something else in February. I hope you share what happens to this.

    • Kortney says

      27 January 2017 at 8:33 pm

      I’m excited to start, Linda. Heading to the post office tomorrow for stamps. 🙂

  8. Kay McGriff says

    28 January 2017 at 5:21 am

    I love this idea. I’m not sure I can commit to sending a poem and postcard a day through this, but I may be inspired to write and send a few in solidarity. I look forward to seeing some of them shared through future Poetry Friday posts, too!

    • Kortney says

      28 January 2017 at 5:40 am

      Yes–poems of peace in solidarity!

  9. Mary Lee Hahn says

    28 January 2017 at 6:08 am

    OOooh! More poetry postcard fun/goodness/activism!!

    • Kortney says

      28 January 2017 at 6:18 am

      Would love to have you join in, Mary Lee; we might even be in the same exchange group! And isn’t it amazing to think of poetry as a part of our activism?!

  10. Irene Latham says

    28 January 2017 at 10:19 am

    I just signed up. Thank you, Kortney! Let us all be the light. xo

    • Kortney says

      28 January 2017 at 3:09 pm

      So honored to have you join, Irene. *You* are light.

  11. B.J. Lee says

    28 January 2017 at 1:40 pm

    What a wonderful idea, Kortney. I would love to participate but unfortunately am already committed to a project for February. Next time… Love the mandala!

    • Kortney says

      28 January 2017 at 3:10 pm

      Isn’t the mandala inspiring? For weeks after we saw it, my kids were constructing their own!

  12. Donna Smith says

    31 January 2017 at 6:03 am

    Kortney, though I do not share the same support for marches and political activism at this time, I am a purveyor of peace, poetry and postcards. I will see if they still want me. I’ve written a poem a day (or two) for the month of January, and plan to continue for the rest of the year, so this will work in pretty well to keep me going.

    • Kortney says

      31 January 2017 at 6:09 am

      I think there is still space to join, Donna. What an amazing year you’ve got ahead of you!

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