Poetry on a Postcard #2

Do we send the postcards stamped and weathered or put them in an envelope?

I personally like mine au natural.....part of the point of a postcard in my mind is that it has been well travelled.

My preference is also weathered for the postcards.

this should be fun! it will be my first swap :)

It will be my first swap also... *grin

How do we know who our partners are?

Sorry, I just read that we will be emailed with that information. Being that the last day to sign up was 2/19 when should I expect to receive my partners. As I said earlier, I am new to this. Any helpful info would be greatly appreciated...

Sorry, I just read that we will be emailed with that information. Being that the last day to sign up was 2/19 when should I expect to receive my partners. As I said earlier, I am new to this. Any helpful info would be greatly appreciated...

I have not received an email message yet, but I can see my swap partners -- am off to buy some stamps, yay, international postage!!!

I can see my partners...Hooray!!! I am so glad I found this website... I am excited to send out my first swap!!!

Hi, I just have a question - I received my swap partners, and one of them is a person I JUST sent a poetry on a postcard to in another swap - does that matter? It won't be the same poem, but should I be concerned about this, or just send it off anyway? Mary

Mailed my three postcards today.

this is getting frustrating - I received the fourth swap from someone who I cannot identify from the name list - I have NO idea who sent it from here. There is NO "swap-bot" name on the card, and I cannot tell by reading everyone's profile who it is from!

As I said, this is the fourth swap that has been this way - with nothing on it to identify who sent it from here. I do have the name, but that name is NOT on the swap list - since so many of us use "nicknames" - -

I'm about ready to give up here.

MaryB - and yes, my "gramsbuttonbox" is on every swap I send.

I hate when that happens, Gram's button box. My name is my nickname, so it is on all of my swaps. I also wish people would write which swap things are for - sometimes it's difficult to tell!

I'm afraid to say I am one of those people. I forgot to put my swap-bot name on the card.

IF you get a postcard of Sydney (Australia), that'll be me. Unless someone else sent one as well.

I only signed my real name as well (michelle), this was my first swap and now i know better! but if you received a lotta jansdotter postcard with lady bug or bird stickers on the front, that was from me : )

TriceraMolly,

Your poem by Edgar Allen Poe was very moving. I loved this part - "Shall find her own sweet name, that, nestling lies upon the page, enwrapped from every reader."

Michelle I,

Your poem was wonderful. I've never heard of your poet before and I had to look her up. Her work is very lyrical. I liked how she infused her poem with sewing metaphors, "...grackles are claiming their trees and the sky which sews and sews, tirelessly sewing, drops her purple hem." I loved that and it makes me see the sky differently each time I look up.

I received a poetry card today from Sydney, Australia but unfortunately the person didn't put their name on the postcard. The poem was from W.H. Auden. Thank you, I liked it. It sounds like a song.

received beautiful poem from angelfire97 - thanks so much Marie, I really liked it, and had to marvel how true those words still are, even so many years later. Enjoyed the NC postcard too, such a lovely state that is. have a good week,

and a big thanks to everyone who "noticed" and made a note to include swap names in their swaps - sometimes all it takes is to mention something like that to realize how just a tiny "change" can help so much - - I think that's a good thing, and will surely make all our swaps better!

what a great bunch of people in swap-bot! Cheers! MaryB

Hey Lloyd,

I got your card! Thanks for the hint on the Aussy origins. Loved the poem.

Has anyone received one from me yet? I posted them very early on in the swap, but nobody has mentioned getting one yet. It's about colours..

received all three postcards - and have rated all 3 - This is the first swap that I got ALL the swaps - thanks SO much Kimmie, Marie and Melinda - you make swap-bot a really GREAT experience! - have a good week! MaryB