Poems by Postcards

I've recently been listening to a lot of vocal poetry (Google: 'Sarah Kay' for softness or 'To This Day' for anger). The voices perform emotion, and they interweave with one another into it.

The following letter is written in two, perhaps three voices: the indented, non-indented, and both together. These voices are best read one at a time, like reading a letter first along, then between the lines.

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Learning to Write                                                         |

Kelly Kochanski                                                         

   I write                                                                         

Dear Friend,

How have you been?

   because the one who stood by me

   (Watching thunderstorms,

   humid nights,

It has been too long since I have seen you.

   silence.) is

I long to tell you of my travels -

   waiting empty

the land here is exaggerated, reaching up

   for me

five thousand metres high; the valleys rush

   to fill

the gaps with living strands of green.

These mountains, these monuments, I love

   them with my thoughts.

ever more each evening.

   I long to hold you, ask you

But it grows late; I've never

  what is this

time enough to write, Before I go, do tell me -

  love?

How have you been? 

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