Greetings, Poetry Lovers! Hope you've felt loved this Valentine's Day week.
I'm happy to share the rest of the postcards I've received as part of the New Year Poetry Postcard Swap, organized by Jone Rush MacCulloch. Participants send these wonderful greetings any time after January 1 through the Chinese/Lunar New Year (February 10 this year). Poems and images may or may not include the animal for the year, which is currently the Wood Dragon. (My post last week featured my own postcard, and on January 25, I featured the first three I received.)
Enlarge the picture to get a sense of the images in these delightful dozen, and here are excerpted poems from them:
Peace Four Ways 2024
by Linda Mitchell
How to write a peace poem
when our world knows only war?
Millions wander with no home
How to write a peace poem?
as bomb-dropping drones
pollute our skies and more?
How to write a peace poem?
when our world knows only war?
Peace
quiet covers
this warring world
we fight
ourselves
this peace at twilight
this refuge from day's worries
a breath for this world
In 2024, let
us remake the world for peace
Let us take a moment to begin
again the notion that with
a new year there's no war for you or me
from Denise Krebs:
Robyn
creative artist
visionary life-giver
like the wood dragon
Awaiting
-another elfchen for Robyn
(Aww... thank you, Denise!)
From Margaret Simon:
GRACE
BELONGS HERE
TELLING ME HOW
GOOD I AM NOW
---
WISDOM
From Gail Aldous:
sun holds blue sky's hands
they persuade gray clouds away
sparkling peace and light
From Molly Hogan:
When you lose sight
of the beauty around you
may a new day
restore glory
to the tattered and ordinary
and light the way
From Michelle Kogan:
together
we can do more
let's begin
---
Get Ready...
Compass
Cooper's Hawk
as you navigate
unknown, unbalanced paths of
2024...
From Carol Varsalona:
Year of the Wood Dragon
breath
of fire
warms winter's chills
offering energy and opportunities -
possibilities
---
snowdrops
freeflutter on
windchilled days like
glittery fairies dancing together
winterwonder
From Jone Rush MacCulloch:
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?
From Tabatha Yeatts (& dragon on her card was created by Elena):
As the new year delivers the unknown to hand,
Fortify yourself as well as you can:
Repair your armor, pack a shield,
Stow words and memories that heal,
Keep compassion on tap and pour a deep flagon -
We're at the edge of the map, and here be dragons.
From Linda Baie:
new year's gift -
forget the hurry
waste time every day
listen to the rain
and to the cat's purr
Postcard images and poems are copyright each poet. Thank you, poets, for sharing!
For even more wonderful poetry, row your way over to Reflections on the Teche, where our lovely and talented Margaret (included above!) is rounding up Poetry Friday this week.