Analog Greeting

Bob, , , 
The number of rainy days
When marked on the calendar 
Resembles a fingerprint
Roofed against the world.

These rainy days I am 
Glad of the Criterion
Channel, an afternoon coffee, the poetry
Of Fernando Pessoa.
His poems as large as the solar system.

I’m taking up postcarding, 
Though I’m not going anywhere, 
I’m making them myself, 
Just to send messages to 
My friends.

19 thoughts on “Analog Greeting”

  3. Beautiful and such a change from your regular work Bob and a new poet to research too. Thanks. Writing postcards to friends? Brilliant and will turn Buffalo into a never ending vacation for you.

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    1. Thanks Steve. Definitely different. Been struggling lately, the muse isn’t here that often. But I thought this a fun one. I really want to start sending postcards to friends. Should be a real surprise to get one.

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  4. hahaha; love this: the whimsical humor, ‘poems large as the solar system’, and the Criterion Channel ; that’s the channel I want, keep hearing about it in The New Yorker ; great old movies —

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  6. Unknown's avatar Anonymous says:

    I love this one, Bob! I don’t know why I didn’t see it sooner. I thought I’d been checking back through everything on my feed but I never saw it until I looked in my notification emails. I love the idea of making postcards to send messages to friends. And thanks for the intro to Fernando Pessoa. He looks pretty intriguing.

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    2. Thank you!! Pessoa is a real treat to read. I love that he switches personalities. My friends will be surprised when they start getting postcards from me. Glad you liked this one.

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