A sticker (in my native tongue!)
Speaks of passion
on the run:
MORE LOVE
LETTERS, PLEASE on post-box;
This plaintive
cri de coeur still shocks …
We miss the
postman in our street;
Email and on-line
can’t compete
But I have
noticed, haven’t you?
That letter
boxes now are few.
With BPOST keen to save a buck
And all stamp
prices going up
A birthday
card now seems to be
A rare
event – a luxury…
A treasured
art form long ago
When
deliveries were slow
Cards were read
then stashed away
A form of
romance gone astray…
I buy a card
and damn the trend:
Pen special
poem to my friend…
Cards seem
old-fashioned, out-of-date
But still bring
joy by breakfast plate!
(c) Poet in the woods 2024
Dear Sarah, what a beautiful poem, and so spot on. It is a fact that the art of sending cards or letters via "snail mail" is a lost art form. And I'm trilled that today, I received your poetry book with a handwriten card of my good firend Cheryl via Bpost :-):-). I treasure both. Thea .
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