Poetry Cards Now Available
I have been selling my unique poetry cards for over a year now, locally, and now is the time to offer them more widely. You go to my Etsy shop to buy cards I can send out to you with envelopes and ready to go.
My first design that is widely available is MidWinter’s Reign – especially for those of you who prefer something less commercial and non religious.
My poetry cards are a little bit different from your usual card in that I print one of my inspirational and thought provoking poems on the same side as the picture (which could be a photograph of a local scene, or a print of beautiful artwork, my own, or another artists) so that the inside of the card is blank for you to write your personal message. After the special occasion is over the recipient of your card can open it out and hang it up to be re inspired by the image and/or poem throughout the year.
The poem inside MidWinter’s Reign is this:
Mid Winter’s Reign
As night
Draws in
Ever earlier
Reflect
Our ancestors
Knew this time
As time
To reflect
On an old, old man
Father Time
Saturn the Wise.
Reflect inwards
It’s Capricornius’ time,
Time for rest,
Replete after our labours,
To reflect upon our deeds
Time too
To enjoy those fruits
Of the year
Besides a roaring fire
Eat and drink
From what you have grown,
Or exchanged for your skills,
Relax
Into the moment
and consider
Janus
Of the two faces
One looking to the past
One to the future
As Mid Winter reigns
This our task
What good
Did we weave in the world
What did we sow
What did we reap
What good
Shall we weave
In the New Year
This the message
Of the Old Father
Of Midwinter
Rest well
By roaring fire
Reflect upon your life
Replete from
Your feast
And dream anew.
Steph Bradley 9th December 2013
The image on the card is a print of a 60’s woodcut by Curtis Moy, and came to me, interestingly enough, as a gift from a wise old man…
Happy Reflecting, Rest, and Roaring Fires !