Fairies have taken up residence in my letterbox. That’s the only explanation I’ve got—unless bills have suddenly learned how to write poetry.
Every week, as faithfully as the moon, I find a fresh poem tucked inside: a perfectly folded scrap, sealed in a crisp envelope no larger than a postage stamp. Some poems are mischievous. Some are melancholy. A few refuse to be described at all. But every one of them has held me captive for months now.
So I’ve decided to collect them here to share what I’ve been shown. And perhaps to rescue the eyes of anyone tempted to squint at handwriting the size of dust.
A few of the letters
- Wishes
Someday I knew you’d ask how you came to be, to be, to be. Well a… Read more: Wishes - There’s Fairies in the Letterbox
There’s fairies in the letter box On the corner of our street They keep biting Missus… Read more: There’s Fairies in the Letterbox - The Unwooly Mammoth
I saw an unwooly mammoth while at the zoo today. Standing next to the lions den,… Read more: The Unwooly Mammoth - The Try-ann-o-saurus
In the Arizona desert In the dry valley floor Scientists discovered a creature They called the… Read more: The Try-ann-o-saurus
My storyless pictures
(So far….)
- Sophie & Theo
- The Boogeyman is Retiring
- When the Bounce House Springs a Leak
- My place
- Lila
- Halloween Trades
- Omnivores
- The Dream Pirates
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