Sabine to Her Griffin
Sabine to Her Griffin
Missed Connections in Charleston
I am tired, Beloved,
of chafing my heart against
the want of you;
of squeezing it into little inkdrops
Her Two Cents from the Missed Connections Chief Bottle-Finder:
Nick Bantock’s “Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence” created quite the stir when it was first published in 1991. With its lush graphics and removable letters and postcards, the story of a mysterious romance between two people half a world away unfolded with each intriguing page. Readers wondered if Sabine was a figment of Griffin’s imagination (or vice versa). Is our Charleston poet chasing an illusion? Perhaps the answer can be found in the inkdrops…
