Snail mail, or: Love

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 by ben Alexander

My 1^st Envelope Quintet

(a d’Verse Quadrille)

“What a bother,” she thought, as she licked the stamp,
“We needn’t bother with snail mail nowadays,
but Gramps can’t be bothered to use a PC,
so I’ll humor his sweet, old, bothersome ways.”
She knew he’d relish her letter, under his favorite lamp.

The prompt:

Come “bother” up a poem

The above ‘envelope quintet’ is my take on d’Verse’s Quadrille challenge #126.

The quadrille is simply a poem of 44 words (excluding the title), and it can take any form. This week’s challenge was to use the word “bother” in a quadrille.

This piece is entirely fictional; the subject was inspired by the name of this poetic form. Also, I found the featured image only after completing the poem itself.

112 thoughts on “Snail mail, or: Love”

ANKITA July 26, 202119:11 Reply

Aah!!! it’s a wonderful post sir
1. ben Alexander July 26, 202120:05 Reply
  
  Thanks, Ankita.
  
  All best,
  David
  1. ANKITA July 27, 202106:23 Reply
    
    😊❤️
Hapypie April 28, 202118:07 Reply

Amazing …
1. ben Alexander April 28, 202118:10 Reply
  
  thanks 🙂
hutschi April 28, 202117:11 Reply

I like your poems and subscribed now. I also like snail mail, it is very special now.
Many greetings from Dresden/Germany
Bernd
1. ben Alexander April 28, 202117:26 Reply
  
  Thank you so very much for the kind support, Bernd!
  
  BTW, my favorite color is also green 🙂
  
  ❤
  David
Deepika Sahu April 25, 202105:10 Reply

Amazing..👏
1. ben Alexander April 25, 202107:28 Reply
  
  Thanks so much, Deepika 🙂
  
  -David
Alpha’s Poetry notes April 24, 202122:40 Reply

❤
1. ben Alexander April 24, 202123:53 Reply
  
  💖
Enchanted Elixir April 24, 202120:49 Reply

Well penned…. Seems like a good challenge.. I’m gonna try it too.
1. ben Alexander April 24, 202120:54 Reply
  
  you should! and follow d’Verse – they have prompts on Mon/Tues/Thurs, and you can share your work with other poets there – it’s a very supportive community!
  
  ❤
  David
  1. Enchanted Elixir April 24, 202120:56 Reply
    
    Sure give me the link please…
    1. ben Alexander April 24, 202120:56 Reply
      
      here you go – https://dversepoets.com/
      1. Enchanted Elixir April 24, 202121:06
        
        Thanks btw…. I just checked it out and they are awesome….
      2. ben Alexander April 24, 202121:07
        
        😁 😁 😁
pramugdhya bhadouriya April 24, 202115:34 Reply

Your work is fabulous.
I like to ask regarding the posts. As I also write poems n articles but didn’t get this many views. How can I get to do so? Plz, help regarding this.thNk you
1. ben Alexander April 24, 202119:57 Reply
  
  Pramugdhya,
  
  Thank you so much. I tried to provide a bit of insight into my perspective in this post:
  
  2,000 – Thank You!
  
  I hope that helps a bit!
  
  ❤
  David
  1. pramugdhya bhadouriya May 4, 202107:01 Reply
    
    Thqnk you so much for your help.
    1. ben Alexander May 4, 202107:30 Reply
      
      My pleasure, Pramugdhya
      
      ❤
      David
jiminrung92 April 23, 202121:26 Reply

Writing letters in this century is bit uncommon but excitment of letter reading concept is still same and exciting…
1. ben Alexander April 24, 202119:41 Reply
  
  Jimin, I totally agree with you. In fact, I think the uncommonness of it makes it even more special.
  
  ❤
  David
  1. jiminrung92 April 24, 202119:55 Reply
    
    Totally agree….keeping writing so we can share uncommoness and sweetness of letters