Jonny Javelin is well respected for its ranges of versed cards, but the publisher received a lovely surprise recently when a member of the public who had received one of its Velvet cards was so impressed that she got in touch to say thank you and wrote a special poem in its honour!
Moira Wiggins was delighted to receive lots of cards for her 90th birthday, but was so taken with one Jonny Javelin design and versed insert, that she put pen to paper to pay tribute to the design as well as the joy of receiving such a well-crafted greeting card.
In her handwritten letter to the Harrogate-based publisher, Moira described the Velvet card design as ‘charming, so colourful and descriptive that I can almost smell the flowers and taste the cake’ before sharing the verse she wrote specially about it…
Moira’s ode to Jonny Javelin
‘When a lovely card is sent
With sentiments clearly meant
It’s something that is kept with pride
Not something that you wish to hide
The flowers make a lovely scene
On a vista so serene
You know that lovely thoughts are there
Chosen with much love and care
Whether we are young or old
It is a story oft retold
To give us comfort in our way
To brighten even the darkest day’
Jonny Spears, founder and managing director of Jonny Javelin told PG Buzz that the whole team “so touched by Moira’s gesture” which took them all by surprise.
“While we are pretty well known for our sentimental verses – and I’m proud to admit that I do write most of them – never before have we had a verse/poem written back to us by a member of the public that has received one of our cards. and who knows, I may have found a deputy verse writer!” said Jonny.
In her letter to Jonny, Moira revealed that she has been writing poetry for 30 years, some of which have been published in newspapers and anthologies. Moira also wrote one about conservation, entitled The Irreverent Elephant that she sent to Sir David Attenborough, who graciously replied as did Lady Antonia Fraser, responding to the poems Moira sent her that she wrote about Anne Boleyn and Mary Queen of Scots.
Top: A portion of the design of the Velvet card.
