The Door~Felix Dennis
I hammered hard upon the door, confused, My soul in pain: "What! Am I to be abused, A pilgrim in the rain?
A dragon-fly with wings still yet to dry From Mammon's mire, May yet outshine a butterfly And set the lake a-fire".
But as I raved and battered at the keep A voice within Spoke sweetly to my troubled sleep: "Twas never locked- Come in."
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=403
from Beavertale Lighthouse, RI... day after Thanksgiving, freezing cold, windy, beautiful...
never enough seed
Hysteria
I know I know
I took too much
but the tree was there
with its enticing skins,
the garden intolerably quiet,
the snake so colorful, resolute,
I thought if I could just fondle
the fruit . . but now, Please God,
I want to go back to the beginning
of the day so I can say no thank you:
it's all considerably more than I can handle.
Susan Hahn
Hysteria
lensday entry... vazaar entry
Try to Praise the Mutilated World
Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June's long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew.
The nettles that methodically overgrow
the abandoned homesteads of exiles.
You must praise the mutilated world.
You watched the stylish yachts and ships;
one of them had a long trip ahead of it,
while salty oblivion awaited others.
You've seen the refugees heading nowhere,
you've heard the executioners sing joyfully.
You should praise the mutilated world.
Remember the moments when we were together
in a white room and the curtains fluttered.
Return in thought to the concert where music flared.
You gathered acorns in the park in autumn
and leaves eddied over the earth's scars.
Praise the mutilated world
and the gray feather a thrush lost,
and the gentle light that strays and vanishes
and returns.
Adam Zagajewski
Lisa & Jim
the business is up & running.... and h
as made for a long absence from posting for pleasure here
photo friday entry
Dawn.... an anhinga drying out from its breakfast dive
high of 106 degrees today... Broad River riverbed on the dry side
the garden is looking droopy and some things are in need of water 3X a day
hope this weather pattern breaks soon
vazaar entry Wildlife..... Florida, this was a common scene every day from the window of my parents place in Port Charlotte
photo hunters entry.....
waiting for the the dew to dry on the lantana
