A Cache of Antique Postcards
What is clear—under fading,
blur-softened pencil
lines, postal
stamps affixed
askew forever—
is that what we build
dwarfs us,
outlives us, ultimately
mocks us in the present
as news from the past.
A Cache of Antique Postcards by Leslie Schultz | Poetry Reed Diffuser Set
Leslie Schultz has six collections of poetry; of these, Geranium Lake: Poems on Art and Art-Making (Kelsay Books) is her most recent. Her poetry has appeared widely, in such journals as Poet Lore, Mezzo Cammin, Midwest Quarterly, Able Muse, Naugatuck River Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Tipton Poetry Journal, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Pensive, MockingHeart Review And Blue Unicorn. Twice nominated for Pushcart prizes, she serves as a judge for the Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest. In addition to poems, she publishes photographs, essays, and fiction (including two novels for young people, The Howling Vowels and And Sometimes Y (Do Life Right Press); makes quilts and soups; and happily mucks about in a garden plagued by shade, rabbits, and walnut trees.
