{"id":166,"date":"2024-03-08T02:10:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T02:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williamsutphin.com\/?p=166"},"modified":"2025-01-01T16:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:07:06","slug":"poem-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamsutphin.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/poem-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Letters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

–<\/p>\n\n

I have a fondness for<\/p>\n\n

The writing and receiving of letters.<\/p>\n\n

I don\u2019t mind those that are typed,<\/p>\n\n

Composed upon machine with perfected keys<\/p>\n\n

So that individuality must come<\/p>\n\n

Deciphered from the author\u2019s words.<\/p>\n\n

I must confess though that<\/p>\n\n

I much prefer those missives<\/p>\n\n

Written by hand, in pen,<\/p>\n\n

Where I can decipher<\/p>\n\n

Whether they hurried to<\/p>\n\n

Write what they wished, or<\/p>\n\n

Took time to craft their letter<\/p>\n\n

As if they were curating our friendship<\/p>\n\n

With each carefully chosen word.<\/p>\n\n

Or maybe it\u2019s a lover who\u2019s written<\/p>\n\n

An amorous note, wishing to leave<\/p>\n\n

Something more intimate<\/p>\n\n

Than letters on a screen,<\/p>\n\n

Which are uniform and neat,<\/p>\n\n

The antithesis of love.<\/p>\n\n

But alas in this modern day<\/p>\n\n

Where texts and emails,<\/p>\n\n

Phone calls and dm\u2019s abound<\/p>\n\n

I who, is old of soul, still waits<\/p>\n\n

For a letter to arrive by post. <\/p>\n\n

–<\/p>\n\n

William Sutphin<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Photo by William Sutphin<\/p>

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Letters – I have a fondness for The writing and receiving of letters. I don\u2019t mind those that are typed, Composed upon machine with perfected…<\/p>\n

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