Category: Letter Writing

Some psychologists advise
Safety valves that cannot fail,
Such as writing letters which
You tear up, and never mail.

As for me, I’m certain sure,
Writing letters is no cure.
Worst complex-causer I have met
Is getting answered mail I GET!

by Ray Romine Friday, January 25, 1952

Cause of much despondency:
Unanswered correspondency.

by Ray Romine Sunday, July 29, 1951

Aunts are the sisters of fathers and mothers;
They frovm on the kids of their sisters and brothers.
While some are quite nice, some are hard-bitten too,
With all of them needing to be written to.

by Ray Romine Tuesday, November 13, 1951

I hate writing letters
To especially my betters–
To those far more learned than I.
To talk has no terrors
For one full of errors,
But to put it in writing, OH MY!

by Ray Romine Monday, April 12, 1943

Answers to your letters
Don’t disturb the continuum
Of your life by more than half as much
As the guy’s who’s owing you ’em!

by Ray Romine Sunday, July 29, 1951