February 2, 2017

Poetry Friday--Postcard Exchange

When the annual New Year's postcard exchange for haiku poets never came together in late 2016, Jone MacCulloch took a chance and suggested a poetry postcard exchange for Poetry Friday participants. She set up groups and gave the participants the entire month in which to send out card. For me, that meant every day in January held the prospect of bringing a ray of sunshine! (Believe me, between the actual winter and the "winter of our discontent," which began on January 20, I really needed the sunshine!) I want to thank everyone who took the time to share their artistic and poetic talents with me in the P.F. postcard exchange: Joy Acey, Linda Baie, Ramona Behnke, Robyn Hood Black, Mary Lee Hahn, Brenda Harsham, Penny Klostermann, Bridget Magee, Jone MacCulloch, Linda Mitchell, Margaret Simon, Donna Smith, Kim Urband, Sylvia Vardell, Carol Varsalona, Tabatha Yeatts (If I have missed anyone, please forgive me!)


I discovered that some haiku poets still had the list of names from prior exchanges and sent out postcards (thank you Gillena Cox, Ane Drobot, and Mary Stevens). They came from NY, Trinidad & Tobago, and Romania! And, I've been taking part in a Spark postcard exchange organized by Amy Souza! Those of us in the Spark exchange had the month of January to create an art postcard, and they should be arriving any day now.

Am I lucky or what?

The following are the postcards I created for the Spark group. Since January is National Hot Tea Month, I decided to use a tea theme for my postcards and wrote haiku that I added to digitally created images:





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32 comments:

  1. Brenda at FriendlyFairyTalesFebruary 3, 2017 at 8:27 AM

    purgatory
    waiting for the water
    to boil

    Here is a tea haiku for you. :-)

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2017 at 8:43 AM

    I love these, D. Jet

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  3. TaraFebruary 3, 2017 at 11:58 AM

    You blow me away with what you can do with perfect words and pictures, Diane - amazing!

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  4. jamaFebruary 3, 2017 at 11:59 AM

    Squee! Tea postcards!! Made my day. Looks like you had an avalanche of cards during January. :)

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    1. Diane MayrFebruary 3, 2017 at 8:50 PM

      When I heard it was National Hot Tea Month, I thought of you, Jama, and your hotTEAs!

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  5. KayFebruary 3, 2017 at 12:47 PM

    I love the tea postcards! I think I'm ready for another cup.

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  6. author amokFebruary 3, 2017 at 1:21 PM

    Yes! Tea postcards. I love the double meaning of "the kind I've never had before."

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    1. Diane MayrFebruary 3, 2017 at 8:52 PM

      Thanks, Laura, I was hoping someone would notice.

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  7. Jane @ www.raincitylibrarian.caFebruary 3, 2017 at 3:06 PM

    Well, as a fellow tea lover, I very much approve of all these tea poems and postcards!!

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  8. TabathaFebruary 3, 2017 at 5:57 PM

    One of my favorite topics, Diane :-) It's hard to pick a favorite, but those first and fourth ones really hit the spot!

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    1. Diane MayrFebruary 3, 2017 at 8:55 PM

      Thanks, Tabatha! I like the fourth one for its simplicity! Isn't that tea set gorgeous?

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  9. Linda BFebruary 3, 2017 at 6:52 PM

    I celebrated the postcards today, too, such thoughtful gifts in the mail when not much else happens there! And then, your creations are marvelous, but I think I love the special rose cup the best. I have a cup with hollyhocks, and treasure it.

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    1. Diane MayrFebruary 3, 2017 at 8:57 PM

      I hate having to work on Saturday, but I have to do it, but hopefully I'll get around to visiting before the weekend's over.

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2017 at 7:14 PM

    I love what you do with words and art, Diane! They infuse my day. Just gorgeous, every time.

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    1. Diane MayrFebruary 3, 2017 at 9:00 PM

      "Infuse" your day? I like a pun! I got a fun tea infuser for Christmas. It's a little guy that hangs over the edge of the cup.

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  11. Robyn Hood BlackFebruary 3, 2017 at 11:54 PM

    Thanks for the postcard celebration today, Diane - your "waiting for the call..." is brilliant.

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  12. Donna SmithFebruary 4, 2017 at 6:57 PM

    I celebrated the postcard treasures today, too! Continuing this month with more! One of the poems I sent with the same image as you received, had this haiku - tea inspired - If I'd paid attention you could have gotten that one!

    Tree leaves loosed, freefall
    To the bottom of the year
    Steeped, brewed memories

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    1. Diane MayrFebruary 6, 2017 at 10:26 AM

      Donna, thanks for sharing it with us! "Brewed memories" is lovely.

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  13. Penny Parker KlostermannFebruary 5, 2017 at 10:04 AM

    Your tea theme is very clever. The postcards are charming!

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    1. Diane MayrFebruary 6, 2017 at 10:27 AM

      The old images are charming, and fun to work with, too.

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  14. Mary LeeFebruary 5, 2017 at 10:26 AM

    I love the mystery in that final tea haiku!

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    1. Diane MayrFebruary 6, 2017 at 10:29 AM

      I like haiku that allow the reader to interpret in relation to her own experiences.

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  15. Margaret SimonFebruary 5, 2017 at 5:07 PM

    Tea haiku, only you! These images and haiku are so creative and appealing.

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  16. Matt Forrest EsenwineFebruary 5, 2017 at 5:53 PM

    These are terrific, Diane! I love the way you formatted them, and especially love the very last haiku...'waiting for the call'...

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    1. Diane MayrFebruary 6, 2017 at 10:31 AM

      Thanks, Matt, I decided to lay out the text in the same manner for all of them. I like how the solid color underneath sets it off, and I think the experiment was a success.

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