Janet’s Postcard From Brazil

Janet’s postcard from Brazil goes
hand to hand as the sender intended, intending
no ending in sending to those

well-wishers and stay-at-homes;
well-wishing, time-spending,
with message unending comes

all heron feather halo’d, eyes that thrill
in the charcoal-dusted face, sending
unending: the postcard from Brazil.

Colleen Thibaudeau, 1984

“Janet’s Postcard From Brazil” is from The Martha Landscapes (1984) and available from Brick Books.

Prof. Don Hair (1937-2023), a fan of the poem, recalls that “Janet’s postcard came with the request that it be passed around to friends.” (Donald S. Hair, A Professor’s Life, p. 484)