More Poetry Postcards!!!!

Welcome to Poetry Friday this week hosted by Carol at Beyond Literacy HERE. I look forward to what she has for us this week!

I received lovely postcards from Poetry Friday friends Molly Hogan, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, Gail Aldous, Linda Baie, and Tricia Stohr-hunt and Jone MacCullough. They were bright spots in an otherwise rather dreary week. Thank you Jone for masterminding the poetry swap-New Years post cards! I was thrilled to receive them in my mailbox and loved all the photos, poems and artwork. Thank you all! 

       When you lose sight
     of the beauty around you
        may a new day
        restore glory
   to the tattered and ordinary 
      and light the way

© Molly Hogan

Jone shares a photo along with a quote and a poem inspired by it:

Daybreak
What have I risked?
--Kelli Russell Agodon



first morning, walking on the beach, what
    treasures does the ebbing tide have?
    Reading sea-foam like tea leaves, I
    wonder what my ancestors risked? 

© Jone MacCullough


Lunar New Year

The Emperor of Heaven waits
burn the kitchen God and
pray for a good report

Fill red envelops
choose eight crisp, new bills
for health, prosperity,
long life

Hang inverted fu
for the pouring out
of luck--may it arrive
on your doorstep

Prepare the feast
eat auspicious oranges'launch fireworks
light fires

Stay awake!
The new year is coming

© Tricia Stohr-Hunt, 2024

new year's gift-
forget the hurry
waste time every day
listen to the rain
and to the cat's purr

© Linda Baie


Sun holds blue sky's hands
they persuade gray clouds away
sparkling peace and light

poem and photo © Gail Aldous

Michelle Kogan sent her amazing artwork and two poems

Together
we can
do more
let's begin

© Michelle Kogan

Get Ready . . . 

Compass
Cooper's Hawk
as you navigate
unknown, unbalanced paths of
      2024 . . . 

© Michelle Kogan



The Horse in My Throat
for Duncan

Remember that raw day in February
when you told the aching truth?

"The horse in my throat
is a red dragon-horse
his roaring burns me up
in hot strawberry smoke

his hoofs and claws 
are rough and sweet
my voice is tangled 
in the beating of his wings

he's a thirsty horse
hungry for lemon and honey
but if I feed him
he'll whinny and fly away"

© Heidi Mordhorst
Poem from PUMKIN BUTTERFLY 2009

I will be posting on Poetry Friday somewhat erratically, I guess you’d say, over the next few weeks as I will be visiting family. I will also take some pictures and gather some new ideas that I can share going forward. I hope you all have a terrific rest of winter. Today in Syracuse it was sunny and in the fifties, so I know many of you will be getting some springlike weather. Enjoy and stay safe!

12 thoughts on “More Poetry Postcards!!!!”

  1. Hi Janice, thanks for sharing your rich bevy of postcard art and poems, and mine too, visual treats in all senses! Wishing you well with your family and idea collecting. BTW the Octopus book you shared few weeks back looks intriguing!

  2. Oh Janice, so much to love here! I am in love with Heidi’s red dragon-horse! And Kelli Russell Agodon’s question really grabs me. Thank you for sharing all! xo

  3. Janice, enjoy the travels and inspiration and spring-like weather. It is so lovely to see all the poems, especially so many shout-outs to the stately dragon. (I hope my postcard will make it to you soon! It seems to be on a slow route.)

  4. Janice, I have kept up with your Poetry Postcards and see that you are as excited about them as I have been. There is such a variety of styles and word choices. Thank you for sharing some I received and others that were not part of my original 10 swaps. It is so wonderful to be surrounded by poetry friends. Enjoy your weekend.

  5. Thanks for sharing, Janice – many of these I’ve received, but not all, and they’re so wonderful! (Thank you for YOUR lovely card.)
    Safe travels and happy inspirations as you spend precious time with family – Happy Valentine’s Day to you & yours!

  6. Hi Janice, I’ve received some of these, & love seeing others, too. Jone has given us a mailbox full of gifts with the postcards, hasn’t she? Each one is a treasure! Enjoy your family visiting!

  9. Happy Lunar New Year! What a feast of wonderful poems from friends. Is there any other mail so great? I don’t think so. The positive vibes of possibility are inspirational.

  11. I hope you received my card. I don’t see it here, which is fine, but I’m worried it didn’t come. My mother-in-law recently held a book signing at our house. Postcards that were sent out in November are only just recently arriving to their destinations. Doesn’t speak highly to our US postal service, if you ask me.
    Nevertheless, I have enjoyed the wealth of cards I have received. Poetry in the mailbox is the best!

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