Hello Everyone! Today begins my sharing of postcards and poems sent to people on my list for the annual Poetry Postcard Festival I’ve been participating in since 2021. Kerfe got me started back then and I have fallen in love with the experience. We get a list of 31 names and between July 4 and August 31 we commit to send a postcard to each person. The organizers ask us to wait a month between the end of the festival and sharing the POPOs.
We are allowed to buy pre-made postcards or create our own. I’ve done it both ways over the years. This year I was so impressed with Marina Owens’ postcards that she used in this year’s A2Z in April that when I saw she was selling packs of them, I bought some, then asked Marina if I could share them here. She happily said yes. I have linked to Marina’s A2Z posts under the postcard. If you follow the link it will take you to more information about the amazing woman included here.
Please note that my poems are NOT ekphrastic.
Fuzzy Stories
Have you ever seen
lawn become a field
of long-stemmed
dandelions over green?
They rise above clover’s
dense white-spotted fur;
napping yellow stars in a
storied pollened canopy
browsed by hungry bees.
Each morn I survey; I can’t
mow their fuzzy stories today.
That’s really very great to hear, Lisa! And a wonderfully written poem 👍
I hope to check out the link soon, since I’ve never heard of Marina until now. I’m still new, so please bear with me. ☺️
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Thanks so much, Yasan. I hope you do.
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You’re very welcome, Lisa. I hope so, maybe tomorrow. ☺️
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This is a really wonderful gesture. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Sadje, I’m glad to collaborate this way with Marina. It gets her work seen.
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That’s even better. 😍♥️😍
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I love the poem. I love dandelions, and I, too, do not mow them….
(thanks for the link up 😍)
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Marina, thanks so much. Glad you like protecting fuzzy stories also :) My pleasure on the link up!
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Love the Marina Owens postcards in your A-Z. What a wonderful way to share the history!
Big fan of dandelions and clover. I’ve fallen out with neighbours who have actually sent their lawn care guys over to eradicate these from my front lawn. They were given short shift. More bees, less people, please.
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May, happy you enjoy Marina’s postcards also. I can see why you’d be upset with your neighbors for trespassing and poisoning your flora and fauna! Bees make good neighbors and am happy to let the blossoms feed them.
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I love the postcard project, and what a great idea to feature Marina’s here. Fuzzy Stories made me think of our introduction of clover to the lawn a couple of years ago. A welcome addition indeed.
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Bruce, I’m happy you enjoy Marina’s postcards as much as I do. Not sure if I’ve shared I just had a drain field put in, which cleared all topsoil from the front yard of the house and put a giant sand mound in the back field. They’ve seeded it with grass but I’m fully intending on getting clover to put in there. Glad you’ve had good results with yours <3
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Oh yes, I remember telling my wife about your drain field project. I gotta tell ya, after a drought a few years ago we had a bunch of light grass spots in the yard and the light bulb went on…try clover. The grass/clover combo has been a winner so far!
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:)
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❤️
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Thanks, Paul!
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What a fun idea!
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Thanks, Liam. It’s been an enriching experience over the years.
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