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August 31, 2022 Street Scenes

I am good at making letterboxes

“Eight o’clock;
The postman’s knock!
Five letters for Papa;
One for Lou,
And none for you,
And three for dear Mamma.”

(Ch. Rossettti in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book)
Herstal (B)

October 20, 2021 Religious objects

Write a letter with all your burdens to Mother Mary

I wished to post a letter,
But although I paid much,
Still the letter was overweight.
“What is in this package?” said the clerk,
“It is very heavy.”
“Yes,” I said,
“And yet it is only a dried fruit.”

A. Lowell in Dreams in War Time
Liège (B)

February 9, 2019 Street scenes - garages and parking places

16, 14, 12 and 10 in a void

“I like the generosity of numbers.
The way, for example,
they are willing to count
anything or anyone …”

(M. Cornish in Numbers)
Oupeye (B)

December 19, 2018 Street scenes - buildings

No company allowed, just letters

“Sign on the window says “Lonely”
Sign on the door said “No Company Allowed”
Sign on the street says “Y’ Don’t Own Me””

(Bob Dylan in Sign on the window)
Visé (B)

May 27, 2018 Street Scenes

When the postman has forgotten to ring twice

"Eight o'clock;
The postman's knock!
Five letters for Papa;
  One for Lou,
  And none for you,
And three for dear Mamma."

(Ch.G. Rossetti in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book)
Ivoz-Ramet (B)

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I am good at making letterboxes

Write a letter with all your burdens to Mother Mary

16, 14, 12 and 10 in a void

No company allowed, just letters

When the postman has forgotten to ring twice