#NaPoWriMo
Now for our prompt – optional, as always! Today, we’d like to encourage you to take a look at @StampsBot, and become inspired by the wide, wonderful, and sometimes wacky world of postage stamps. For example, while it certainly makes sense that China would issue a stamp featuring a panda, it’s less clear to us why the Isle of Man should feel the need to honor 2001: A Space Odyssey in stamp form. From Romanian mushrooms to Sudanese weavers to the Marshall Islands getting far too excited over personal computing, stamps are a quasi-lyrical, quasi-bizarre look into what different cultures (or at least their postal authorities) hold dear.
And if you’re not on or able to access the @StampsBot account, fear not! You may find an inspiring stamp or two by perusing the online “International Philately” (say that three times fast) exhibit from the National Postal Museum.
Happy writing!
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BLUEYS
You wrote your hopes
on flimsy blue
paper.
You poured out your
love and fears
too.
The fear of a
bullet or bomb
- death.
That grim reaper stalked
you on every
patrol.
Day and night, you
walked the bombed
streets.
Then, back to barracks
to eat and
rest.
To shower, wash clothes,
all those mundane
tasks.
You would smooth out
the bluey and write
fast.
A stream of consciousness
you confided in
me.
They came thin and
fast, the postman
welcomed.
He sorted your letters
one of three and
so on.
I kept them all
and read them
a lot.
I came to know
you so much
better.
Just by reading your
words of love
and pain.
You came home to
me at last
- reunited.
Our love had grown
because of the
blueys!
©🦊VixenOfVerse, 2024
☆☆ This prompt reminded me of the time I was a soldier’s girlfriend, many years ago. We were engaged and we exchanged hundreds of ‘Blueys’ which were blue airmail forms the Army provided for soldiers, wives, girlfriends, family and friends. We got them from the post office and they were free to send to and from any BFPO ( British Forces Post Office). The most he ever wrote was about 15, he numbered them 1 of 15, 2 of 15, etc., on the back and the postman had kindly put them all in order within a red elastic band!☆☆
VIXEN of VERSE 
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