Postcards: With Love

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Interpretation of Sonia Sanchez’s “Ballad”

Black & White Photography credits: Chi Nguyen; Postcards credits: various Google Image searches; Music credits: Jesse Senger, “My Way”

Ballad - Sonia Sanchez
(after the spanish)

forgive me if i laugh
you are so sure of love
you are so young
and i too old to learn of love.

the rain exploding
in the air is love
the grass excreting her
green wax is love
and stones remembering
past steps is love,
but you. you are too young
for love
and i too old.

once. what does it matter
when or who, i knew
of love.
i fixed my body
under his and went
to sleep in love
all trace of me
was wiped away

forgive me if i smile
young heiress of a naked dream
you are so young
and i too old to learn of love.

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3 Responses to Postcards: With Love

  1. R.Nayyar says:

    Me too! I have his entire collection of albums so your definately not alone or pathedic. He really has something for everyone doesn’t he? I personally love his more romantic and gentle vocals-they’re so charming!
    The same goes for the postcards because once again I’m reminded of romance. And I guess the reason that I connect both things to the World War’s is that this is the very music that was being played then and the War’s are also known for their postcards between soldiers and their families.
    I really think that people need to write things down more. In an age were everything is digital, we lose the sincerity that goes behind putting pen to paper because it really takes effort and thought to write a letter or postcard, doesn’t it? I mean, you can hit delete on the computer but you can’t on a paper. You just end up starting all over to fix your mistake. Or if you don’t start over, you lose the the satisfaction of crossing things out. I’m even a fan of type-writers as substitutes for hand written postcards and letters because working with type-writers takes effort too. There’s a great qoute be a British Writer named Russell T. Davis and in which he talks about typewriters:
    “Times like this, typewriters would be better. Typewriters are romantic. A little metal letter should fly. It should hit the paper, whack! Tiny particles of ink should puff and settle. But no, there’s just a plastic keyboard.” He’s actually taking about writing the last few lines of his works but I think that applies to everyone. I just don’t get the same satisfaction as I would if I were hand-writing.
    I could go on for ways as well. And it seems like we are!

  2. cn101400 says:

    Thank you so much!
    And luckily, Frank Sinatra is one of my favorite singers of all time, too! I listen to him religiously; it’s really pathetic how I can’t get out of his era.
    I love the fact that you appreciate the beauty in postcards as much as I do. It’s truly something special. Postcards bring with them this whole new dimension in longing and belonging–that’s what I love about them.
    Oh, I can go on for days with this conversation!

  3. R.Nayyar says:

    This is beautiful! I really mean that. First of all, Frank Sinatra is one of my all time favorite singers because of his unique Jazz/Pop style. Secondly, World War 1 and 2 are the two events in history that I enjoy studying the most because of the romance and the feel that existed during those times. Also, postcards are something that I eqaute to that time because no one really writes them anymore (although I wish that people did). Finally, black and white was the perfect way to vision this poem. Great job!
    P.S. If your interested, I recommend the song ‘A Nightengle Sang on Barkley Square.’ It’s one of my favorites!

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