with delicate and
slow unfurling
let me savor
then, every
curl and
ruffle.
our
spring
is upon us
i’m here waiting,
an ear to your soil
and listening.
always.
written April 2013
submitted to 20 Lines A Day
prose and poetry challenge for April
with delicate and
slow unfurling
let me savor
then, every
curl and
ruffle.
our
spring
is upon us
i’m here waiting,
an ear to your soil
and listening.
always.
written April 2013
submitted to 20 Lines A Day
prose and poetry challenge for April
I like the silent weight of this one.
thank you so much Dieu, yours is a wonderful description.
I nominated your blog for the versatile blogger award. You can check it out here: http://ofmindormatter.com/2013/04/27/notes-from-the-south-and-a-versatile-blogger-award/
Sreejit, it is so good to see you here again, and now you come bearing such a kind and generous gift.
i am a little overwhelmed honestly, this entire WordPress blogging experience has been so incredible, i expected to be toiling away in anonymity for months. š
so i thank you for showing such kindness and encouragement very early on, and for this nominnation.
be well Sreejit and keep the::::light::::
Reblogged this on Unfoldment.
you are so sweet, i just saw it there after liking another of your little jewels.:-)
thank you so much and keep the::::light:::
This could have been straight from my heart. Do we share one? š
maybe the kindest of all compliments, thank you.
::::maybe::::everything is possible in this world. š
Beautiful
thank you so much and it’s so good to see you. š
š Now can you see I have been working on profile page till you told me I had no idea what was happening thanks so much!!!!
oh, that makes me feel so much better now, glad i could accidently help out. LOL
š so you have no problem now clicking on it and seeing all my links? Thanks so much š Have a great day!
no probelms now, and for all your hard work you have a new friend!
Thanks and glad to have you for one WELCOME š
thank you very much nutsfortreasure, sometimes accidents work out well for everyone. š
have a wonderful day. š
Yes for sure I am glad you emailed! š
well, i have been taking a lot ‘chances’ lately and everything has been positive, so maybe this is just another validation. š
haha, life sure can be fascinating, what a mystery!
no problems now and for all your hard work, you have a new friend! š
What a pearl of a poem! Absolutely delightful! š
i was deeep in the throes of my S.A.D. then, willing with all my energy for spring and hopefully the sun to arrive…thankyou very much.
“our/ spring/ is upon us/I’m here waiting/an ear to your soil….” Beautiful, sensual, and tender yearning. Thank you for the beauty and inspiration.
oh, you found Bloom, and one of my all time favorite lines too.
geez, this poem was written so early in my new ‘career’ LOL!,
even at the time, i had no idea where those words came from.
thank YOU Sirena, for digging in my back pages!
I loved this!
First of all I grow flowers….roses, hydrangeas, azaleas, gardenias, and a few others. This is my favorite time of the year, because each day holds dramatic changes. It is just miraculous to witness it. The progression in this poem (as it unfurls) is the same.
Then this part took me by delightful surprise:
“iām here waiting,
an ear to your soil
and listening.
always.”
Have you ever read the “Parable of the Sower”? It compares different types of hearts with different types of soil. A hard stony heart will not yield the beautiful spectacle that you described in the first part of this poem. Only a beautiful loving heart can produce that, and you have drawn near it embracing it. This makes me think of two things. The first being a reverent response to our creator, and the second being a tender response to someone that you love. Did I get carried away? Forgive me if I did.
Blessings,
Theresa
heh…carried away, if you get a chance to read some of the wonderful comments
from my friends and my replies… Theresa, there is no carried away here.lol
when i wrote that passage;
āiām here waiting,
an ear to your soil
and listening.
always.ā
i really felt for the first time i might have found something
in poetry, it came out of nowhere, it wrote itself and i’ve been
hooked (read obsessed..lol) since then.
and now you’re speaking my language, flowers! i was a self taught
landscape designer for 10 years, had a dozen men and 6 trucks and
specialized in restoring huge neglected gardens in 100 year old homes
and estates. i think we have a lot to talk about Theresa!
One more question. The farm that you and your wife go to…what garden zone is it in? I live in zone 7. People usually wait until the 2nd or 3rd week in April before setting out annuals here. The pear trees in our town were in full bloom about 2 or 3 weeks ago.
the farm is in Evansville, Indiana very close to the Ohio river. it’s rated 6b,
this year is the year i design the entire 3 acre clearing. i will be transitioning
over the next few years to live there, part of the plan is to begin growing specialty
vegetables i can sell to try and make a living.
I would give anything if I had the right budget and your equipment and skills. We live in Arkansas which gets a ton of rain. I live in town on a 1/4 acre lot, and my back yard is not only on the north side of the house, but it also has 5 trees (4 oaks and 1 sweet gum tree). the portion of our yard (about 2/3 of it) that is closest to the neighbors directly behind us is low and not level, and there are several days at a time that all of those trees look like they are growing in a lake. Before our neighborhood was built it was all dense woods and swamp. They filled it in with sand and left these very tall and sort of skinny trees standing when they built the houses. It is pretty, but also challenging…tree roots everywhere. š
well, my professional landscaping days are behind me Theresa. i stopped in 2002.
it’s a wonder you can grow what you do in the conditions you are describing, you must be very tenacious!lol