| Author | Message | ||
| M
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 34999 Registered: 11-1998 |
Well, then check this out: Most Wanted: A Gamble in Verse The cards really are terrific. I bought a deck for steve (he's a master bridge player). If you play cards, and even if you don't, this is an unusual and creative format for poetry that you will want to add to your collection. Jeff's having a fire sale on the final remaining decks. So, order soon before they're all gone! Love, M | ||
| Lazarus
Senior Member Username: lazarus Post Number: 5420 Registered: 10-2005 |
Thanks for this cool link M I went right over and bought one. What a great idea. I'm sure I'm going to want to copy it! -Laz | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 6557 Registered: 05-2006 |
I like to inscribe poems on the edges of playing cards. Fred YOUR FOOTNOTE ADVERTISEMENT HERE. Call 1-555-555-5555 and ask for Fred. 10% discount if you mention Wild Poetry Forum. | ||
| Lazarus
Senior Member Username: lazarus Post Number: 5475 Registered: 10-2005 |
My cards arrived yesterday and I must tell you it was a feast! I was so excited when I got them that I refused to open the package until I finished all my chores for the day. When I got the card deck out I opened the package slowly so I would not ruin the plastic cover. I really like cards, especially clean ones, so the feel of the pack in my hand reassured me that they were well made, each card was like precision cut steel. I didn't know where to begin, but I fanned them out to look for the jokers. They were not together, but I noticed all the cards were in order, and all the faces of the cards were graphically detailed with different but similar motifs for each suit. The colors are rich, mottled blues greys and deep red. The back of the card deck has a picture of a hand pressed to glass, white with a sand color background and shading. There are (Sanskrit?) words on the palm, I am guessing the title of the poem, Most Wanted? The graphic design of the numbers and suits is simple and elegant, not very large and sometimes not very easy to see. It might be hard to actually play a hand with these cards for that reason, but I suppose one would get used to it. Each card has a few lines of poetry from a complete poem, we are told, though it isn't clear if the lines go in any order. They are in a typeset that reminds one of an old typewriter, spaced in different ways for emphasis, like they would be on the page. There is a feeling of accidental symmetry and cohesion throughout the experience of reading the poem on the cards. One finds the Ace fitting with both the two and the King, but not necessarily. I read the whole poem from the Ace of spades to the King of diamonds. What I can say about it is that it is about love and death and two people who are going through the motions, or maybe that life is about going through the motions and sometimes there is clarity. Like this from the 6 of spades: the day we feasted / on lox, / sussed your / father's jobbery. My favorite suit is the diamonds, for the variety of colors that remind one of the ocean. I like hearts too because the red they chose is sultry. For spades the colors are desert sands and time, and clubs are earthy. The pictures on each cards varies too, and seem to reach into the unconscious mind with symbols that are known, but not worn out. All in all it was a fantastic experience and one I think I will return to many times. -Laz |
