Commentary: World Postcard Day (poem)
'Twas the night before World Postcard Day , and all through the town Not a pen wasn't stirring, oh-so-much to write down Some wrote by lamp light with coffee beside Others 'neath candles with tea or red wine "I've written ten!" said one girl with joy "I'm up to twenty," came the voice of a boy And Mamma in her 'kerchief and I in my cap Both knew that tonight there would be no nap A marathon of writing, a celebration of mail Not with keyboards and pixels but on cards and by snail Messages of love and of friendship sincere The farther they travel, the more they're held dear From Krakow , Kinshasa and Kalamazoo To Lapland, Lachish and Lima, Peru Send one to a stranger, and they'll write you back The next thing you know, a new bond is hatched Postcards of beaches and kids having fun Of buildings and mountains and cats in the sun Some shaped like hearts or perfectly round Others old-fashioned on paper turne...