newspaper boxes on a streetcorner

Amy Elizabeth Thompson supplied the words to an image by Mikey G Ottawa for our second contest. This proved to be a very popular image for postcard-makers; we’ll be publishing several other winning entries in the coming weeks.

7 comments in “yesterday’s news”

  1. Tammy Ho says:


    Reminds me of Ralph McTell’s “Streets of London” lyrics:

    “Have you seen the old man in the closed down market
    Kicking up the paper with his worn out shoes
    In his eyes you see no pride
    And held loosely by his side,
    yesterday’s paper telling yesterday’s news”

  2. pam says:


    The bright colors, together with the words, create a kind of poignancy — very effective.

  3. Michelle says:


    I like the font choice and the positioning of the words, Amy.

  4. amy says:


    thank you all!

  5. postal poetry » the little robot who couldn’t says:


    [...] Swint supplied the words to an image by Mikey G Ottawa for our second contest (compare Amy Elizabeth Thompson’s take on the same image). Christine used the free online photo editing tool Picnik to create her card. [...]

  6. Postal Poetry » newsboxes says:


    [...] for our second contest. It was one of three winning entries to use this image; the others were yesterday’s news, by Amy Elizabeth Thompson, and the little robot who couldn’t, by Christine Swint. « [...]



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