The sympathetic card said "get well soon"
proposed a toast to "happiness and health".
The hopeful card wished the "best of fortune"
kindly granted "wisdom and future wealth"
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The moving card wished the "best of travels"
bid "farewell, bon voyage and safe return"
The prospective card spoke of "wishing wells"
speaking to spirits that are "drawn to yearn"
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The heartfelt card lamented "grief and loss"
offered "solace as pity's soothing balm"
The comic card; well, it couldn't give a toss
its dose of medicine was "do no harm"
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• Mostly, cards are wise with thoughtful adage,
• some might gently tease but never ravage.
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© Tim Grace, 3 April 2010 (Revised: 31 May 2021)
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Tim Grace
A first impression has a lasting effect - it makes a notable difference. In a subtle way that’s who I am as a poet. A ‘first impression’ looking for the gentle ‘twist’ that draws attention to a novel observation.
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Hard to conceive, now, how extraordinary it would have been to find the bones of those terrible lizards in the earth — in a time before humans had conceived of anything other than a Great Chain of Being, a static creation. Yet long after Darwin they still have a hold over us, these creatures which are the ancestors of sparrows and seagulls. All hail the dinosaur! They are at once real and mythic, objects of science and objects of wonder, exhibitions in museums and children’s toys. No wonder Vocal Creators responded with such a variety of work to our Poemosaurus prompt.
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To the reader: The card is an expression of considered thought delivered as an accompaniment. When the moment has gone and all remains is a chance to reflect it's then the card finds its purpose. More than a note, a card requires careful selection and then more so personalization. In drafting the card's message, the art is to maintain a genuine voice in the construction of a unique and/or memorable truth. To the poet: The card as a singular object with multiple functions is the focus of this sonnet. Each couplet begins with 'The card...' and then picks up on a range of cliched phrases that have populated cards on mantel shelves throughout time. In writing about 'the' card rather than 'a' card allows this sonnet to generalize the simple principle as expressed in the final couplet.