Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Repost - The Letter



Poetry Jam has a prompt "Letters".
Here's one I wrote earlier.


The Letter

I got a letter yesterday
Handwritten by a friend;
On crisp and starchy paper,
A signature at the end.

No, not a love letter
But lovely, none the less,
For the surprise of its arrival
And the thoughts expressed.

I can see her in my mind -
Sitting at an escritoire;
A coffee at her elbow,
Some flowers in a jar.

Caring, tangible thoughts
From someone, far away.
I put it carefully in a drawer,
To reread another day.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2012
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32 comments:

  1. i love how you imagine her there and the care she put into the letter...that is something definitely to be cherished and reread again and again just for that feeling...

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  2. So lovely dear J Cosmo, handwriteen letters from friends and family are to be cherished.
    xoxoxo ♡

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  3. A fast fading luxury, the handwritten letter.
    Nicely put.

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  4. What lovely quaint imagery, matches your picture perfectly
    thanks for sharing
    martine

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  5. J Cosmo, this is beautiful. The joy of a handwritten letter can live on for a long time to come. I remember such letters...that I read again and again. Somehow emails don't have quite the same flavor, even if you have a 'file' to save them in!

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  6. Lovely image you painted. Really in your hand letters are becoming such a thing of the past now.

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  7. Lovely image you painted. Really in your hand letters are becoming such a thing of the past now.

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  8. I like how you put it--not a love letter, but with love anyhow.

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  9. Beautiful. You make it seem as though the words just flow from your fingers in perfect rhyme. I'm so jealous.

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  10. An absolutely lovely response to the prompt! Real letters always have such an impact; they take time and thought and can actually be touched. What a concept. 8-) I'd love to see the return. Nice poem. Such a pretty presentation, too, with that picture.

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  11. I , too, save letters and reread them. Alas, don't get too many anymore. Lovely poem

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  12. I received a handwritten letter from an old friend for my birthday. It was such a treat! True - emails just aren't quite the same ...

    xxx

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  13. beautiful...also first coffee.

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  14. This is very beautiful and makes me want to both send and receive a letter!

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  15. Sweet, cute, delightful. Beautiful poetic tribute to what seems a lost art.

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  16. Wow, nice one. Using any kind of rhyme is always a big challenge to me and you did it so smoothly and well here. Just makes the poem read so well. By the way, I like the title of your blog (kind of related to letters!)

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  17. What a sweet rhyme. I do hope the story it told was true!

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  18. As a eulogy for something which has largely gone this could not be bettered.

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  19. I too can remember some wonderful letters. Kept, treasured and wrapped in a red ribbon.
    Thanks Cosmo for reminding me so gently of such delights.

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  20. OH, lucky you! Letter writing is a dying art.

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  21. It has something to do with the holding of a letter in the hand... it is more personal, more intimate. I love the scene you set up.

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  22. Lovely poem and sentiment. It is sad that most of us don't write letters anymore. (I'm guilty.)

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  23. I received a letter a few months ago from a friend who lives far away .. your poem describes how I felt ~ it's on my nightstand for re-reading. Lovely writing.

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  24. Although, I do write many lengthy missives via this medium, sending them off through cyber space, there are the times, that I do, still, venture forth on the snail mail trail. However, sadly, there are not many who meander that path with me these days...even the recipients of my paper letters.

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  25. "Notes on a Serviette" has been included in the Sites To See for this week. I hope this helps to point many new visitors in your direction.

    http://asthecrackerheadcrumbles.blogspot.com/2012/08/sites-to-see_31.html

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  26. Its lovely to receive a letter from a friend ...and to reread it again and again ~

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  27. Really great visuals J. I love and miss letters.

    Dan

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  28. you've pulled a post ...

    or am I going mad much quicker than my doctor predicted ???

    xxx

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  29. Big thanks for the useful info i found on Comentari de categoria nova.

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  30. In fifty years time where will the boxes of ribbon-bundled e-mails be discovered? Letter writing is becoming a specialism to be treasured.

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  31. Your post inspired me to write one of my own about "real" photos:

    http://peterbryenton.typepad.com/qwerky/2012/09/no-apps.html

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