SUMMER 2025 POSTCARD PROJECT

I'm looking to trade postcards. As you can see from image, I have tons ready to send out. If you'd like to send me one with a poem, hand drawn art, or ANYTHING that you would like to share, send me a postcard and I'll send you one, too. Postcards can be handmade or from what's commercially made, and can be on any theme. This project is international. The postcard can be sent (as is or in an envelope) to me at

Eileen Tabios

P.O. Box 361

Saint Helena, CA 94574

One thing to watch out for is to make sure your address is legible (message me your address just in case).

MODPO DISCUSSSES THE POEM "AS IF"

 

 ModPo's Al Filreid and Kate Colby Discuss Eileen R. Tabios's Poem "As If" on ModPo's YOUTUBE Channel. You can see/listen to their discussion at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSVrQBfY9g

 

AS IF

There was un

momento, a

poem

 

I wrote while

driving the

car.

 

My ego would

not let

me

 

pull over to

jot it

down.

 

"If a poem

is so

powerful

 

it will return,"

I have

Boasted

 

for a long

time to

other

 

poets, as if

I possessed

Some

 

knowledge they did

not already

know.

 

It feels like

years and

yet

 

that poem has

not yet

returned.

 

What I recall

is that,

somehow,

 

it related to

perfect timing

y

 

flamenco.

 

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"As If" is featured in my' bilingual English/Spanish book UNO DOS TRES / ONE TWO THREE: Selected Hay(na)ku Poems.

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Al Filreid is the Kelly Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, Faculty Director of the Kelly Writers House. More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Filreis

Kate Colby is an award-winning poet, essayist and author of six poetry books. More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Colby