April 29, 2004
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Sharing another lovely found poem today by Literature_Chick
On Blake, Late April
innocence and experience.
this child’s fingers
eyes ears intuition
gravitated early on
to gnarled hands
offering individual histories
moth ball smelling sweaters
long kept silent regrets
joys demons angel-saviours
watching always with suspicion
worms on sidewalks after the rain.
Deep Thought: Many people do not realize that the snowshoe can be used for a great many things besides walking on snow. For instance, it can be used to carry pancakes from the stove to the breakfast table. Also, it can be used to carry uneaten pancakes from the table to the garbage. Finally, it can be used as a kind of strainer, where you force pancakes through the strings to see if a piece of gold got in a pancake somehow.
Today I am grateful for: Sidewalks
P.S. For those who wonder, thanks for the kind thoughts. My heart checked in sound. It was a combo of 80-degree heat in my office, work overload, and not being over this chest cold quite yet. Maybe I’ll describe the ER saga one day – or maybe not.
Comments (7)
glad to hear you’re ticker is ticking better, madame. i was concerned.
how lovely of you to put my poem in your blog! thank you. i’m glad to share sidewalks with you, cherie. and yes, snowshoes are multipurpose tools in these climes as well.
I love how you keep calling me Madame. You’d never hear that in this country.
Glad to hear your heart is okay.
I’m against the war.
And not afraid to say it!
Thanks for the tips about snowshoes.
Glad you’re OK. I had chest pains awhile back and it bought me a night in the hospital. Just sore ribs. I should have known, not the first time that’s happened.
Gosh darn! Wish I had known about the multi-functions of snowshoes when I was preparing pancakes for my family. Now, I live alone, am gluten intolerant, so pancakes are not on my list of preferred foods.
Thanks for subbing… hope it becomes worthwhile for you. I seldom “blog” but do post some interesting links now and then.
I am grateful you feel better and it was just a scare. Please take some time for YOU.