Aug 24, 2009 3
one 21 pOeMs…
Lay down your arms, give up the fight and start to write. Ada Leverson once said “you don’t really know a woman until she writes you a letter”. Silvi Alcivar, shown in the picture above, owns “The Poetry Store”. She sells her poems for minimum $5. If you were yesterday at the Street Festival you must have seen her vintage inspired stand. Different frames with poems, boxes full of papers and a sign that says “send a poem by post or post card” was enough for me to get inspired.
I guess this is becoming a trend here. To see two people with a typewriter (that is not lightweight nor easy to carry) in the same event is kind of interesting. I guess that selling a handwritten poem is not as special as one made from a typewriter machine. For sure, words when read acquire a special flavor, sometimes it could be sweet, floral or dusty but the smell is also part of the experience. Usually when I read a poem my sense of smell relates to the moment. For example, if I read about victory I could smell a mint fragance. In any case you should experience by yourself and read, taste and smell her poems (please bear with me on my sensorial imagination). The idea of selling freshly baked poems rocks! What would have done Edgar Allan Poe if he was born in the 80’s?
Silvia was wearing a super cute crimson crochet hat, a black wool coat and was typing with her fingerless gloves in her red Royal typewriter. It always catches my eye when an artist has a cool polished style… don’t get me wrong, I like the urban-distressed-style too.
If you want to buy a knitted hat, I must recommend Hortensia. One of my best friends gave me one of her hats as a Christmas gift and I absolutely adore it, and every time I wear it, compliments fly from everywhere. For the fingerless gloves you should check out Shopbop and for the coat please go to your favorite thrift shop. (If you really need extra help check out BlueFly)
