Post Office Poems
Post Office Poems
Eben Hoffer
My brother is a letter carrier for the United States Post Office. Every day, he walks around and puts mail into slots on people's houses. He also writes poetry. Post Office Poems is a series of short meditations on existing in your body in the real world, the joys and tragedies of bureaucracy, and The Mail. Take a moment with us to consider the glue that holds our mutual lives together: the discount glue, that is only sort of sticky, that you can't get off your shirt.
Poem #22: the inner room (goodbye)
On fallen petals, what your mind gets up to if left un-distracted, and the return--at long last-- of the future
Apr 28, 2021
6 min
Poem #21: having time (and time) again
On remembering the things you like to do when you have time, practicing route time, and loving things in their own way.
Apr 4, 2021
3 min
Poem #20: after the ice storm
On the dream of fixing things instantly, actually fixing things slowly, and getting old with your ideal self.
Mar 1, 2021
3 min
Poem #19: mourning the old route
On saying goodbye, getting what you want, and learning to go slowly
Feb 18, 2021
5 min
Poem #18:  wet mail met wail
On cascading failures, the effect of rainfall on mail delivery, and the goop in your floating-glitter cell phone case.
Jan 21, 2021
4 min
Poem #17: Christmas is coming, union buster
On union leadership, crimes against humanity, and what to say when people wish you Merry Christmas.
Dec 4, 2020
9 min
Poem #16: The knack of being loved
On newspapers, reminding people of their name, and the knack of being loved.
Nov 14, 2020
5 min
Poem #15: Covid case at my station
On contacts of contacts not counting as contacts, checking in, and doing the things that somebody has to do.
Nov 3, 2020
7 min
Poem #14: Unrest
On the people who Get The Mail, the impulse to not give a shit, and something, not exactly sure what, about empathy and its boundaries.
Oct 29, 2020
8 min
Poem #13: Elections (meet the candidates)
On the distinction between state and federal labor law, delivering negative campaigns materials to their target candidate, and the mailboxes that pinch one's fingies.
Oct 21, 2020
6 min
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