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Postcards with Poem - 16

Sep 18, 2025 • Vera

Postcards with Poem: A Reversal

When the poem arrives first, and the image must follow

Sep 10, 2025 • Vera

It’s still hard to believe we’re in *2026*

Jan 10 • Vera

1st January 2026 - Happy New Year

Jan 1 • Vera

Borders, dear, Borders!

Nov 24, 2025 • Vera

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Happy Birthday To Me: 26th October 2025

Oct 26, 2025 • Vera

The Bookkeepers of Istanbul

Aug 24, 2025 • Vera

The Poem of the Week: Displaced

Sep 8, 2025 • Vera

The Unbearable Lightness of Not Faking the Things (Or Just the Opposite)

Sep 16, 2025 • Vera

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