Dear Esther Cohen,
I’m writing to tell you your poems
aren’t as bad as I thought poems
would be. My daughter in law
subscribed for me (I’m not sure
why. in thinking about this now
I wonder if was a hostile gesture
on her part. I told her years ago
what I thought about poems. And
she writes them. We argued about
Robert Frost in particular and she said
I didn’t understand. Of course I do.
Sometimes you have to just accept
family members. Anyway I’m writing
to tell you there are some poems
of yours I’ve actually liked. The one
about the cab driver this week
rang true and it was almost funny.
I’m not sure if my feelings about poetry
have evolved, or if, on occasion,
there’s a good one out there.
I thought you’d want to know.
Yours,
Bill
Love It!
Dear Bill, "nickname" stranger. I'm sorry to disappoint you but, first of all, I'm not that Esther who writes poems -as a matter of fact I don't think all her poems are...poems and likable as well. But some are, I cannot disagree. As to the names, believe me but there are many Esther Cohen, even in other countries. I'm a brazilian, living in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul - yeah, Gisele's Bundchen state, and I must say I became very pleased and surprised when I've found this coincidence many years ago. In that ocasion me and "your's" Esther exchanged a few mails and had even thought to write about. But Esther Cohen project stayed only in our will...Dear Bill, you must forgive me for my English being not so perfect, but I'm working in it. Forgive also for not being that Esther Cohen. Be free to write me again.