COMMEMORATIVE by Louise Erdrich

I have always been fond
of the US Postal Service.
My father collected stamps
and I have a nice
platonic relationship
with my postal carrier,
who apologizes gravely
upon delivering bills.
When he has a check for me,
he rings the doorbell.

I think of my father,
with his tweezers
lifting the soaked stamps
with slow care
from the torn tops of envelopes
and drying them on top of other
used envelopes, in the winter,
in North Dakota.

from the title poem of COMMEMORATIVE by Louise Erdrich (April 2007)

This chapbook consists of four poems. 225 copies printed using hand set Poliphilus metal type. Printed on Mohawk Superfine and bound into St. Armand mouldmade wraps. Each chapbook cover has a unique postage stamp. Sold out.