Still Life, 1670, detail by Jean François de Le Motte
Handwritten pages
An art from the past now
Relinquished
~~~~~~
Letters were to be savored
Treasured and put in a box
To open in later years
And be able to touch
And remember
Our love
~~~~~~~
Thanks to Tess Kincaid for this image.
For more takes on this go here:
lovely take on the prompt...but sometimes those letters are too painful to read!!..x
ReplyDeleteto keep and open later and remember our love... lovely thought!
ReplyDeleteJJRod'z
I hold on to some, but most get disposed of. I'm not a sentimentalist, except when it comes to my husband.
ReplyDeleteYes it is great to keep some of the old special notes and letters! thanks
ReplyDeleteyeah, why aren't these letters in a box??
ReplyDeletepainting details
Writing letters is a lost art ~ Still, I keep them as treasures ~
ReplyDeleteSo true, the art of handwritten letters has been lost.
ReplyDeleteLove letters are surely a lost art…that was my first thought as I saw the prompt…it is nice to take them out occasional and savor those moments…
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sentiment, Kathe! I have a bound book of letters, one for practically every day, my former husband sent us from Vietnam.
ReplyDeleteI still read them, historical and full of so much of what was happening in '67 - '68.
Wonderful, Kathe. :)
ReplyDeleteI love opening those old letters in later days. Trouble is that mine have all disappeared. E-mails are gone too.
..
Yes indeed. An art, nearly forgotten. My grandfather, a Dutchman could script and often made us gifts. None survive.
ReplyDeletePerhaps we have lost something , Kathe, it is hard to imbue an old email or text with the same sort of energy. Are we becoming a machine people ?
ReplyDeleteWho wouldn't love a billet doux?
ReplyDelete...yes the human tough is a lost art indeed.
ReplyDeleteSo true, but I can think of some which ought to be shredded.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me want to open that floral box on the top shelf, behind the scarves...sometimes I'm grateful that those old dreams didn't come true!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful...
ReplyDeleteI still write letters by hand, not many, true, but some . .
ReplyDeleteA remembered love is always better than no love at all!
ReplyDeleteWonderful sentiments...
ReplyDeleteScript, an art form has such a beautiful flair about it and adds so much personality to letter writing. So do the variety of textured papers that letters can be written upon. Techno messages miss all that, but it does not make their sentiments any less sincere. Thank you for this lovely poem Kathe, a reminder of the old ways, kept memories and treasures of the heart. =D
ReplyDeleteTruly beautiful words.
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
Sweet! I'm a hoarder of the worst kind when it comes to sentiment of the paper kind!
ReplyDeleteSweet! I'm a hoarder of the worst kind when it comes to sentiment of the paper kind!
ReplyDeleteDear Kathe: Indeed quite an art these letters are "savored Treasured" enjoyed feeling the romance of youth again~
ReplyDeleteI'm sad that the writing of letters seems to be a fading art. I have many saved myself and wish my children could say the same...
ReplyDelete=)