Postcard Collage Project Update

Posted on April 17, 2008
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I have now sent postcards to the following poets:

  1. Ed Mycue
  2. Harvey Hix
  3. Michael Waters
  4. Laura Jensen
  5. Ed Mycue
  6. Reginald Shepard
  7. David Graham
  8. Amy Hauber
  9. Robert Dana
  10. Jonathan Mayhew (4.17.2008)
  11. Peter Money

My immediate goal is 100 cards, though I expect there to be many repeats — this first batch is just to introduce the lucky recipients to what I’m doing. You can see the cards — both sides — by clicking the words Postcard Project in the extreme upper right of the Sharp Sand header.

Later: Cards are going out today to Jonathan Mayhew & Peter Money, neither of whom I know except through correspondence. My acquaintance with Peter predates the internet & I’m sorry that we have dropped out of contact. Ironically, when we were corresponding regularly, Peter lived on the West Coast; when he moved to Vermont — one state over — we somehow lost contact.

A stray thought occurred to me while writing Jonathan’s card this morning — there is never going to be enough room on a single card to complete a thought. Which is good. My usual problem is the infinity of the page, whether paper of electronic. The postcard will always be too small. Will always require a follow-up.

Comments

10 Responses to “Postcard Collage Project Update”

  1. Jonathan Mayhew on April 14th, 2008 3:21 pm

    I wouldn’t mind getting one…

  2. jd on April 14th, 2008 3:34 pm

    Jonathan, not surprisingly, you’re on my list & you even qualify under my informal “rules.” Should I send it to your university address, which I looked up this morning.

  3. Jonathan Mayhew on April 14th, 2008 3:38 pm

    Yeah. Why don’t you send it there. I have to go to Kansas soon anyway…

  4. jd on April 14th, 2008 3:53 pm

    Where are you now?

  5. Jonathan Mayhew on April 14th, 2008 5:46 pm

    I’m in St. Louis for the semester.

  6. jd on April 14th, 2008 6:57 pm

    Ah! Will send the card to your Kansas office.

  7. edward mycue on April 15th, 2008 11:08 pm

    i got your second card in the mail and am returning it tmrw as you need to record it/scan it for your project. it’s a beauty. (well, it’s to me and i am so happy to be the receiver of your missive). edward mycue

  8. laura jensen on April 18th, 2008 2:49 pm

    Thank you for sending the card. It arrived day before yesterday. Am I supposed to return it so it can be scanned for the project?

  9. jd on April 18th, 2008 6:00 pm

    No, I’ve already scanned it, Laura. I had just forgotten to scan Ed’s before I sent it.

  10. edward mycue on May 3rd, 2008 10:48 am

    just popped up the first postcard you wrote to me and noted the phrase (that must have just rolled past me the first time: well i was crazy pleased abt the collage on the other side) “the sensuality of the pen”! you could bring back handwriting and get some horny kids’ hands slapped. and maybe there could also be a return of baking banana peels as well. so woo-woo-woo and the guilty pleasures of innocent minds. PREPARE FOR A VISIT FROM HOMELAND SECURITY!
    edward mycue