August 20: Dear Colleen– What do we cut–these arteries of attachment,this sorrow–the empty space betweenwords and breathprovides the path of navigation–the hollow anxiety of unknowing– August 21: Dear Laura– the trick is holding two things at once–this balance of sadnessand joy, this want andthis acceptance–how to live in one place– August 22: Dear Adrienne– The familiar numbers, faint remembrance in the strokes–so far away, and the questionof where to now?All of it seeming unreal, nonsensical, but here we arebreathing together– August 23: Dear Patrick– Tomorrow, this future–some conjured moment,some ripe bloom–I breathe myself solid,feel my steady grip on this narrative,…

Here are the next few poems I’ve sent away: August 10: Dear Mary– A day of decisionsand indecision–drinking inthe overwhelming sky–cool morning, perfect shininggreen surrounds–plucking away the unnecessarythat crowds the rootsof knowing– (image: hand printed postcard–woman with flowers) August 11: Dear Laura– Thursday night, the orangeand purple sky filledmy eyes with tears, myheart with longing–these dark moments of wonderhold ussolid– (image: pig shaped food stand) August 12: Dear Emma– This morning, clouds breaking,unrest in Georgia, blueberrymuffin and coffee, scientists“debating” global warming, a forlorn-looking polarbear, cats yawning, tomatoes bursting ripeness, dreams of cooking– (image: woman with fogged glasses)

I am participating in a mail-poetry project this month, and thought I would share some of the little poems I am sending away. Some of the poems refer to images on the cards, so at the bottom of the poem, I have included a note about what was on the front of the card. I have written to the first 9 people, even though it’s not yet August 9th to allow for international deliveries. Happy August!love, Cathleen August 1: Dear Susan– And then, looking backward–the swallow circled and dipped–intrusion of memory; a desire for connection–What would you have said if…