Mailman Comments

.....so incredible....an amazing tribute to all dedicated postal workers...your writing fascinates me....I haven't discovered another poet who places words together like you....this means you are special and unique....and your poetry is so incredible to me...and truly, .I do not feel qualified to comment on your work....loved this!

I'm unclear about the crucial closing lines of this poem What does the title PRESIDENT OF YOUR DESTINY AND SOLITARY HEART. You seem to be creating an heroic figure in the mailman, a maverick of sorts, who connects us to others through the mail but himself remains unconnected. He is dedicated and resolute. He sees his role as special so he lives a special life. That's what I see in this poem - in a modern world short on heroes, this mailman is living an heroic life and the heroism comes from within him. He's perhaps the cosmonaut of letter carriers.