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Shirley
MAIL CALL
I love to talk, so teacher
thought I would be best-suited
for writing to the boys overseas
and telling them all the news
of our little town.
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of Abraham Lincoln School
are now serving in
Europe, Africa, and the Pacific.
I can’t imagine how dull it must be
for a worldly-wise man in uniform
to receive a letter
from a twelve-year-old girl
who writes about
the wedding of Mr. Peacham
and the widow Mrs. Barnes,
or of the latest episode
of Daredevils of the West.
One week, the only thing
I had to write about
was the snowstorm and
getting my toes nearly
frostbit while sledding.
How boring for my readers.
© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved. Photo courtesy Library of Congress. Poster courtesy newhousedesign.
3 comments:
Diane, again, this is phenomenal work! I had to scroll down and read what I'd missed lately. Ellie's poem is superb.I love it.
But what a treat for a soldier to hear about such small bits of daily life! I like this little girl speaker so much, her honesty and clarity.
Too, reading this poem reminds me of when I wrote to a soldier I had never met in 1991. War takes so many different tolls... A.
Thank you for writing, I appreciate your comments, ladies, and I'm happy to know that my work is striking a chord.
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