I received 4 beautiful postcards from Katie in New Hampshire. the landscapes of Massachusetts on 3 of them and the Grand Canyon on one. Each of Katie’s poem tells a different story, a different feeling and mood. They are evocative and resonant. Thank you, Katie! This blog title comes from these lines in her poem … Continue reading
Category Archives: Poems I Received
The Root of all Missions
This vintage postcard came on a dark winter day to my house and made me want to go to California…right away! thank you, Lisa. She is at pcardpoesy.tumblr.com. The poem (fragment?) is quite lovely. –Shaun Continue reading
Watching . . . Watching
From Germany, Sonja sent me a Bertolt Brecht poem. The cartoon on the opposite side goes with the poem in an odd way–both of them being about not being able to DO. I believe the translation of “Na toll” is an ironic “Oh great!” I sit by the roadside The driver changes the wheel. … Continue reading
from Paris (or Indonesia) with Love
Fitri, who lives in Jakarta, sent this beautiful poem with its translation. The Paris postcard made me remember my trip there last year, and the poem just makes me . . . love poetry even more. Thank you, Fitri! Continue reading
May Flowers in Winter
This card is amazing–with a wonderful photo and an equally wonderful poem . . . from the Czech Republic. Click on the picture to see it larger so you can read the poem. Thank you, Katea! Continue reading
Autumn
This Ryan Larkin poem came to me from Cristal in Sussex, England. Beautiful feel of autumn in it . . . love the stamps, too. Thanks, Cristal. The other side of the postcard–this is definitely a place I would like to visit. I have been to England twice but not seen enough. –Shaun NOTE: Send … Continue reading
A Very Serious Loss
This postcard poem came to me from Sacramento. You can see more of the poet Alexa Mergen’s work at her blog: Alexa Mergen The picture side of the postcard is Georgie O’Keeffe’s Narcissa’s Last Orchid, a pastel from 1941. Both the poem and the postcard are lovely. Thank you very much, Alexa! –Shaun Continue reading
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