(this April) I decided to start a new project for what is known as National Poetry Month. delays ensued due to weather, film development mishaps, and the time it took to sew the cards even considering how little sewing was involved. it is now (the end of July) time to send these postcards out into the world to reach the kind people who wrote and shared their mailing addresses.
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souvenir : the materials of this project, the fingerprints left on the photos as I made holes and sewed, the other indentions and fingerprints that are sure to make their marks as these cards make their way through the post, and (most of all) the thoughts (the poem(s)) that comprise this project that are for (and in a way from) someone
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to remember (a seeing)
come to mind (come)
just come (venir)
souvenir as invitation
sou(venir) = (re)cuerdo
come –> (re)turn
–> (re) –> prefix in perpetuity
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Cecilia Vicuña says
"Charles Olson says
memory is the future
because you will
remember in future tense" (Spit Temple, p. 194)
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geography of sou(venir) now:
ARKANSAS: Fayetteville & Little Rock
CALIFORNIA: Oakland & San Francisco & San Raphael
COLORADO: Boulder & Burlington & Fort Collns
D.C., Washington
ITALY: Bologna
KANSAS: Overland Park
KENTUCKY: Berea
MARYLAND: Glen Burnie
MASSACHUSETTS: Boston & Lexington & Watertown
NEW YORK: New York
NORTH CAROLINA: Charlotte
OREGON: Ashland & Portland
SWEDEN: Degeberga
TEXAS: Austin & Dallas & El Paso & Hickory Creek & Houston & McKinney & Pottsboro
VERMONT: Morrisville
