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April 4, 2024 THIRD WEDNESDAY’s New Issue is Out and Includes My Poem, “A Cache of Antique Postcards”

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Do you, too, save old postcards?

I have a collection of ones that I bought, ones that were sent to me, and ones that were given to me by dear departed friends, Elvin and Corrine Heiberg. Some are pristine, some were battered in the mail nearly a hundred years ago. This collection, a small fraction of which is pictured above, inspired my poem, “A Cache of Antique Postcards.” If you would like to read it in the newest issue of Third Wednesday, you can download a free issue HERE. I am very glad to be in the company of the poets listed below, and I look forward to reading their poems soon!

LESLIE

NewsFlash! THIRD WEDNESDAY Publishes My Poem, “A Cache of Antique Postcards”

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I have long had a thing for old postcards. I suspect most of us do. When Julia was little, our dear neighbors, Corrine and Elvin Heiberg gave us many that they (and their parents) had collected on their travels or received. We enjoyed looking at them, front and back, deciphering the handwriting, admiring the vintage stamps, and thinking of future travels of our own. We even invented a geography game that probably only Julia can remember which morphing rules governed.

Lately, when I have looked at some of those depicting monuments and historical points of interest, my point of view about what is depicted and what it means to me has shifted a bit. I wonder how the past connects to the future and just where I fit in.

Third Wednesday Magazine is one of my personal favorites as a suscriber, and so I am so pleased to appear on their pages again.

If you would like to read my poem, click HERE. Thanks for reading this! LESLIE