Last month I participated in a Spark postcard exchange. Usually I write a short poem, digitally illustrate it, and print off a 4x6" copy to send as my postcard. I impose upon myself a theme that I use to get me going. In October my head was completely taken up by the presidential election, so, I didn't write poems. Instead, I borrowed the words of another poet, Carl Sandburg, to illustrate using photos and illustrations in the public domain. Sandburg's Good Morning, America (1928) collection contained a numbered list of 38 definitions of poetry. Here are three of the postcards that I created using Sandburg's definitions #2, 14, and 21:
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