Postcard Poems
When I am looking for handwork, I usually reach for embroidery. But I also love to make postcards out of calendar pages.
For years I had saved Nikki McClure calendars, but this year I have a MOMA page a day calendar. So many possibilities! We’ve loved looking at a new painting each day. And now I am slowly making a stack of cards.
I love to have a sheet of stamps ready with a few postcards. It’s the perfect way to send a thank you note or a quick hello.
But the best present that I could think to send is a postcard poem. My work is generally very short and perfect for the small spaces of postcards. For the past few years I have participated in February Peace Postcards.
In August Cascadia Poetics Lab hosts the Poetry Postcard Fest. I discovered these poets just after the cutoff date last year. I’ve been quietly dreaming of the end of next Summer and the cards I will send.
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