"Seven Postcards From a Former Soviet Republic" was written to reflect the conditions of life in the former USSR in the early 1990's. Having returned to Moldova and Russia many times since then, I can say that the situation in both countries has changed and in many ways for the better.
Here is a link to the poem as it was published originally in 2000.
https://www.peacecorpswriters.org/pages/2000/0001/001wriwrflyn.html
The poem won the 1998 Erika Mumford Award from the New England Poetry Club.
The selecting judge was the poet Fred Marchant, pictured below.
It was a surprise and it remains an honor to have received an award from such a distinguished judge and organization.
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