When I worked as a textile designer in the 70s and 80s I spent a lot of time matching Pantone color paper to customer colors and hand cutting and pasting stripe designs. So when I saw a box set of 100 Pantone postcards nostalgia made me buy it. I’ve done my poem for today on red 1797, above. I’m sure these postcards, and every other kind of commercial design now being done, is computer-generated. So much more accurate! And quick!
But I still like to work with my hands.
The poem itself has nothing to do with technology (the NaPoWriMo day 17 prompt is to “write a poem that features forgotten technology”), but I turned it into a haiku chain of sorts for International Haiku Poetry Day.
consider
the matter
of etcetera–where
does
it go?
where does it
end?
what follows
can’t be predicted…
And a little red retro music too.
K. 
This is cool!
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Thanks!
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I love what you’ve done with this prompt–your choice of subject, the artwork, the write-up, the chain of haikus–everything. Marvelous!😍
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Thanks. Technology has changed every aspect of our lives, especially the way we do our work and relate to each other. It’s more efficient but not always better.
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I agree. When it comes to making art, efficiency seems wrong somehow. Things need time to germinate…
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #9: K’s latest #senryu sequence for International Haiku Poetry Day!
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Thanks Frank!
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😇
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Loved the whole thing. A tribute to real life living.
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Thanks Claudia. I love looking at all the colors. Working with color was one of the delights of textile design.
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Yes, I can see that. I find myself thinking back to fabric work now, as I think I have said. I’m getting the itch to print on fabric. Oh dear. Where is that coming from? Your post reminded me.
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Haha, what a brilliant tune, first time I hear it. And I love the poem and how it is laid out. I used to create postcards in this way with my sister. Oh, what fun that was. And I can only try to imagine the clothes that you have designed. 😮 Art wear!
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I’m glad to introduce you to this song!
I’ve always loved postcards. So many possibilities.
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