Happy National Poetry Month!
The first poetry postcard from the C.C. Stern Type Foundry's monthly 2026 series is on its way to your mailbox. Featuring the poem "Window Sash Weight" by Ed Skoog and printed from metal types cast at the C.C. Stern Type Foundry.
Poet: Ed Skoog is the author of four books of poems, most recently Travelers Leaving for the City (Copper Canyon Press, 2020). He teaches at Portland Community College and Mt. Hood Community College.
Curator: The poem for the first poetry postcard was chosen by Mother Foucault’s Bookshop and L’école buissonnière a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating the conditions for art, literature, music, and subversive play to thrive.
Types Cast at the Foundry for card number 01: Front of card Monotype Binney OS 21E, Linotype Border 12 1261. Back of card Linotype Fairfield 8pt 538.
News & Save-the-date: The C.C. Stern Type Foundry is co-sponsoring the Raymond Carver Writing Festival on May 9th in Carver's birthplace, Clatskanie, OR. This free one-day event celebrates the local writing community. Festivalgoers can peek in at an exhibit of poetry broadsides by Peasandcues Press at the Clatskanie Library for the month of May.