You should know that I also received three more cards this week!
One from New Zealand, and two from Tennessee!
Poem 2 is free verse,
poem 3 is an ode based around a Keats
and poem four is so far a sonnet
Stay Tuned Loved OneS!
-A
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Post Card One - Poem!
So for the first postcard it was decided that a long poem was necessary so I wrote a sestina... keep in mind that it is my first poem since my writer's block... and partially still in writer's block.
For those that don't know a Sestina is a poem that has 7 stanza. The first six each have six lines and each of the lines ends with a specific word. As the poem moves on the last words rotate until every word has been at the end of every line. From here in the last stanza the first two are used in the first line, the second two in the next, and the last two in the third. You will understand my wording better when you read the poem. I pulled my six words from the postcard itself: diner, celebration(s), self, birthday(s), question(s), coffee. These words can be in any tense and singular or plural.
This one is entitled: New Hampshire Nights
(which is a play on Never Winter Nights for those nerds out there like me =] )
Sitting in a small American no name late night diner
with thoughts of a plethora of celebrations
ones that signify the magic of yourself
and events to revolve around birthdays
all of which, in myself, spark questions
that swirl amongst my cold dreads of coffee
Those dreads are there for all celebrations
even those that remind you to love yourself
they are present even for the birthdays
even those that spark the questions
of whether or not you should leave it as coffee
no parties but instead just an empty diner
But whether you are with others or by your self
even the oldest celebrated birthdays
shouldn't have a limit or be questioned
these feats of age shouldn't just be left to coffee
unless that is your heart - but why settle for a diner
when you could be surrounded by love and celebration
these days the best ones are the oldest birthdays
as you begin to answer life's greatest questions
through the answers swirling in all of that drunk coffee
or odd flavors from those lonesome diners
either way the night should be a celebration
one which, at any age, makes you again love your self
There is no real question
towards which age you just shut up and drink coffee
no age where your only excitement is a diner
everyday for any age should be a celebration
no matter what age you should always be true to yourself
and celebrate in any style all of your birthdays
of course if you prefer the silent dreads of coffee
or the calm of a late night diner
to the real loving excitement of celebrations
then stick with it and be true to your self
but be happy with any age birthday
for you have made it through another year without question
so even if a diner is your idea of a real celebration
be happy with yourself and your next milestone or not birthday
because even if you question it, you're always love by more than the dreads of daily coffee
-Fin
Completed End of May.
Edited Today June 29
There it is! Woot... =)
I have the second and third done too but need time to edit.
Best Wishes (Airplanes or otherwise)
-A
For those that don't know a Sestina is a poem that has 7 stanza. The first six each have six lines and each of the lines ends with a specific word. As the poem moves on the last words rotate until every word has been at the end of every line. From here in the last stanza the first two are used in the first line, the second two in the next, and the last two in the third. You will understand my wording better when you read the poem. I pulled my six words from the postcard itself: diner, celebration(s), self, birthday(s), question(s), coffee. These words can be in any tense and singular or plural.
This one is entitled: New Hampshire Nights
(which is a play on Never Winter Nights for those nerds out there like me =] )
Sitting in a small American no name late night diner
with thoughts of a plethora of celebrations
ones that signify the magic of yourself
and events to revolve around birthdays
all of which, in myself, spark questions
that swirl amongst my cold dreads of coffee
Those dreads are there for all celebrations
even those that remind you to love yourself
they are present even for the birthdays
even those that spark the questions
of whether or not you should leave it as coffee
no parties but instead just an empty diner
But whether you are with others or by your self
even the oldest celebrated birthdays
shouldn't have a limit or be questioned
these feats of age shouldn't just be left to coffee
unless that is your heart - but why settle for a diner
when you could be surrounded by love and celebration
these days the best ones are the oldest birthdays
as you begin to answer life's greatest questions
through the answers swirling in all of that drunk coffee
or odd flavors from those lonesome diners
either way the night should be a celebration
one which, at any age, makes you again love your self
There is no real question
towards which age you just shut up and drink coffee
no age where your only excitement is a diner
everyday for any age should be a celebration
no matter what age you should always be true to yourself
and celebrate in any style all of your birthdays
of course if you prefer the silent dreads of coffee
or the calm of a late night diner
to the real loving excitement of celebrations
then stick with it and be true to your self
but be happy with any age birthday
for you have made it through another year without question
so even if a diner is your idea of a real celebration
be happy with yourself and your next milestone or not birthday
because even if you question it, you're always love by more than the dreads of daily coffee
-Fin
Completed End of May.
Edited Today June 29
There it is! Woot... =)
I have the second and third done too but need time to edit.
Best Wishes (Airplanes or otherwise)
-A
Friday, June 11, 2010
New Postcards have arrived~
Postcards 2 and 3 and 4 have arrived...
well the second and third and fourth ones to arrive have arrived.
One was sent in locally from one of the postcards that I handed out to a friend from work
See his handy work here:
And the other two came in mysteriously.... hand made from home not a part of my jazz!
Stoked for these two.
Here is one with a part of a note of some sort...
And the back:
And here is the other with CLUE!
Clue came in second, the piece of a note came in third, and BC in fourth.
So we are well on our way through the madness and I have completed the Sestina for postcard 1
Congratulations we are off to a great start!
Now I just need to write more.
(June 21: Pictures Up!)
well the second and third and fourth ones to arrive have arrived.
One was sent in locally from one of the postcards that I handed out to a friend from work
See his handy work here:
And the other two came in mysteriously.... hand made from home not a part of my jazz!
Stoked for these two.
Here is one with a part of a note of some sort...
And the back:
And here is the other with CLUE!
Clue came in second, the piece of a note came in third, and BC in fourth.
So we are well on our way through the madness and I have completed the Sestina for postcard 1
Congratulations we are off to a great start!
Now I just need to write more.
(June 21: Pictures Up!)
Friday, May 28, 2010
ITS HERE!
It is Postcard #51, which is one of zottepark's, and it came from New Hampshire, USA.
I am please to bring you pictures of the front and back:
This is the Front and it is some handwriting and a coffee stain.
=) It says:
"Celebrate Yourself! Love Yourself! Sitting in a small diner in Bradford, NH. Thinking of the weekend's birthday celebrations. Are birthdays only for the young? why are adults left out even when they are people and love ones around? Do adults need special requests for birthdays? I can dwell on the questions or I can move past to positivity. So when it comes to birthdays for adults love yourself enough to celebrate (Coffee stain!) and ask for what you deserve!"
Here is the back, which kind of just has a doodle on it:
And here is a picture of the beginning of the poem which should be up in a few days. I have decided that it will be a Sestina. The first deserves a longer form of poetry.
Like my Watermark image?
I knew you would. =D
Thursday, May 13, 2010
The Template!
Because technically it is the next day, and that wouldnt be nearly as sad posting two days in a row as it would be two posts in one day!
Anyways!
AS PROMISED!
Here is the template for the postcards in a pdf format.
They should be printed on a thicker paper if you can manage it, and preferably cut down to roughly 4.5 by 6 inches. Give a few I mean whatever you feel is best. The bigger the more I have to work with. But bigger may also mean more postage.
The ones that I have printed out are printed at Staples on a 65Ibs cardstock in black and white, trimmed out to the above proportions. Nothing fancy... if you want to print in colour by all means.
Where I live it is .10 cents a page black and white, plus .07 cents for 65Ibs. paper. With a rough cost of .17 cents for two cards. I trim them out myself and there is no rush on printing... some stores may have express pricing so please do not assume your Staples or any other local print shop will have the same prices as above. It may even work out cheaper for you to print at home I don't know. I am not a price expert.
Download Postcards.pdf from FileFactory.com
The link above will take you to a site, scroll to the bottom and click download with basic or what have you. Then it takes about 30 seconds and gives you the button to click to download. Lots of ads and what not but just ignore them they don't insist on you clicking on anything. If anyone knows of a site that hosts without the hassel of an obnoxious countdown on the top then let me know, until then just follow those directions. =)
Anyways!
AS PROMISED!
Here is the template for the postcards in a pdf format.
They should be printed on a thicker paper if you can manage it, and preferably cut down to roughly 4.5 by 6 inches. Give a few I mean whatever you feel is best. The bigger the more I have to work with. But bigger may also mean more postage.
The ones that I have printed out are printed at Staples on a 65Ibs cardstock in black and white, trimmed out to the above proportions. Nothing fancy... if you want to print in colour by all means.
Where I live it is .10 cents a page black and white, plus .07 cents for 65Ibs. paper. With a rough cost of .17 cents for two cards. I trim them out myself and there is no rush on printing... some stores may have express pricing so please do not assume your Staples or any other local print shop will have the same prices as above. It may even work out cheaper for you to print at home I don't know. I am not a price expert.
Download Postcards.pdf from FileFactory.com
The link above will take you to a site, scroll to the bottom and click download with basic or what have you. Then it takes about 30 seconds and gives you the button to click to download. Lots of ads and what not but just ignore them they don't insist on you clicking on anything. If anyone knows of a site that hosts without the hassel of an obnoxious countdown on the top then let me know, until then just follow those directions. =)
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Nothing As Of Yet
The title says it all.
Although nothing has come through the mail to me yet, I am not regretting spending money on a post box. Nope Not at All.
But switching topics!
The Habs won today in Game 7 in the most unlikely upset I have seen in a number of year.
First the Habs raced past Ovechkin and his Capitals.... something that no one expected given that the Canadians were much lower in the standings compared to Ovie. But they prevailed and they beat the Capitals in game seven, moving on to go against Crosby and his penguins. Of course no one expected last year's Stanely Cup Champions to fall to a team that is supposedly worse than them. but the Habs came back! And beat the Penguins in game seven by an upset of 5 to 2!
And we all know that when in doubt of your Canadian Team.... like mine... the Canucks who lost again and will not be passing round 2, you always cheer for the next Canadian Team!
So Woooohooo Habs!
I love my Canucks don't get me wrong but if the Habs get through then Im all for them.
They tried hard my Canucks, but a fair bit of injuries occurred so no worries my Canucks <3 There is always next year.
Hopefully I dont have to wait till next year for some mail!
Although nothing has come through the mail to me yet, I am not regretting spending money on a post box. Nope Not at All.
But switching topics!
The Habs won today in Game 7 in the most unlikely upset I have seen in a number of year.
First the Habs raced past Ovechkin and his Capitals.... something that no one expected given that the Canadians were much lower in the standings compared to Ovie. But they prevailed and they beat the Capitals in game seven, moving on to go against Crosby and his penguins. Of course no one expected last year's Stanely Cup Champions to fall to a team that is supposedly worse than them. but the Habs came back! And beat the Penguins in game seven by an upset of 5 to 2!
And we all know that when in doubt of your Canadian Team.... like mine... the Canucks who lost again and will not be passing round 2, you always cheer for the next Canadian Team!
So Woooohooo Habs!
I love my Canucks don't get me wrong but if the Habs get through then Im all for them.
They tried hard my Canucks, but a fair bit of injuries occurred so no worries my Canucks <3 There is always next year.
Hopefully I dont have to wait till next year for some mail!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Bon Voyage!
So the postcards have started their journeys!
I have sent ten to some of the best and creative vloggers:
They are already going around the world, now they just have to make their way back to good
old Canada. Well... outofthedark isn't out of the country, just a handful of hours away but I mean... the postcard still has to travel!
So I have postcards 80 or so 120 still available for Canadian Postage.
I have sent out as much as I can out of the continent but I may be able to swing some US.
I can send you the postcards... just not guarantee that the postage for the return will be paid.
Or You can also send me a postcard, made by yourself or from anywhere to the great Post Box that I have acquired:
I have sent ten to some of the best and creative vloggers:
- BarryAlderidge
- LaughItsGoodForYou
- MattNebula
- outofthedark
- SaithJC
- zottepark
They are already going around the world, now they just have to make their way back to good
old Canada. Well... outofthedark isn't out of the country, just a handful of hours away but I mean... the postcard still has to travel!
So I have postcards 80 or so 120 still available for Canadian Postage.
I have sent out as much as I can out of the continent but I may be able to swing some US.
I can send you the postcards... just not guarantee that the postage for the return will be paid.
Or You can also send me a postcard, made by yourself or from anywhere to the great Post Box that I have acquired:
P.O. Box 21032
Orchard Park P.O.L.
Kelowna, BC, V1Y 9N8
Welsh, I am going to go back to watching the worlds most painful and corniest Gossip Girl episode and we shall chat later, hopefully with my first postcard!
Ciao!
Orchard Park P.O.L.
Kelowna, BC, V1Y 9N8
Welsh, I am going to go back to watching the worlds most painful and corniest Gossip Girl episode and we shall chat later, hopefully with my first postcard!
Ciao!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
The Project
Here's how this is going to play out
-At least the way I think it is suppose to
-At least the way I think it is suppose to
So I have printed around 200 post cards
the
first 150 will come with paid postage
They all depict the same information on the back
which tells you what to do.
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Basically the front of the postcard where there would normally be a picture is completely blank, this is the area for you to put whatever your heart contends. Similar to Post Secret only with that you wrote secrets, this can be anything. Doodles, drawings, poems, notes. Anything.
There is also a spot on the back for anything else you wish to add.
But personal information is not allowed. If you want you can put your state, or country but no names, addresses, ages, etc. All of that does not matter and I do not need to know. These postcards are to serve me as imagination of sorts. I have had writer's block for awhile now and haven' had any creative way to think until now!
For each postcard that comes in I will be writing a poem. Hopefully by the end of the summer I will have a book full of poems.
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Of course this is your choice to send me your postcard and once the postcard passes into my postal box it becomes mine to use. You dont have to send me your drawings, but in the even that you do not fee like doing the postcard please pass it on to someone else. =) I would like at least 100 post cards back. For 100 poems, and 100 thoughts.
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first 150 will come with paid postage
They all depict the same information on the back
which tells you what to do.
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Basically the front of the postcard where there would normally be a picture is completely blank, this is the area for you to put whatever your heart contends. Similar to Post Secret only with that you wrote secrets, this can be anything. Doodles, drawings, poems, notes. Anything.There is also a spot on the back for anything else you wish to add.
But personal information is not allowed. If you want you can put your state, or country but no names, addresses, ages, etc. All of that does not matter and I do not need to know. These postcards are to serve me as imagination of sorts. I have had writer's block for awhile now and haven' had any creative way to think until now!
For each postcard that comes in I will be writing a poem. Hopefully by the end of the summer I will have a book full of poems.
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Of course this is your choice to send me your postcard and once the postcard passes into my postal box it becomes mine to use. You dont have to send me your drawings, but in the even that you do not fee like doing the postcard please pass it on to someone else. =) I would like at least 100 post cards back. For 100 poems, and 100 thoughts.