Ode to Earth Day 2024
When winter’s terminal quiescence
resurrects into spring, an insistence
in tiptoes of leaf, blade, and sprout,
colors creep in from waking corners.
Resurrected into spring, an insistence calls
beaks, close-branched to distant ocean lands;
colors wing from waking corners to join,
rustle, sing, court, nest, in celebration.
Chick beaks from branch, box, island nests
among swirling color; pollen wafts in sun,
hustles honeybees, jubilant, pockets full.
Popcorn clouds in a too blue, noon sky
swirling colored blossoms; pollen wafts in sun.
Backs, sweat-drenched shirts; shovel, plant
under popcorn clouds in a too blue, noon sky,
Gaia’s day with two dozen deep-earth saplings.
Backs, sweat-drenched shirts; shovel, plant;
soil breath, blossoms, birdsong merge, sanctify
Gaia’s day with field of deep-earth saplings;
heady awakening of every living thing.
Soil breath, blossoms, birdsong merge, sanctify
in riot of leaf, blade, and sprout;
heady awakening of every living thing
ends winter’s terminal quiescence.
top image is my larch tree, just starting to leaf out
I would like to dedicate this poem to Dwight Roth and his brother in-law. Read why here.
A second pantoum, this one unrhyming, for Merril’s dVerse MTB prompt. The prompt expired 30 minutes ago, but I’ll put the link in the comments section.
Tao Talk 
I love how many layers there are to the image of the tree. Feels like it’s infinite.
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It is a beautiful tree, Gia. When I bought it it had been shaped to look like the curves of a dragon and it is holding that shape. It must like where it is planted as it is thriving there <3
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Glad to hear it. 😍
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Wonderul imagery, Ii!💕
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Cindy thank you so much <3 I really like how it turned out.
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You’re so very welcome.. awesome💓💓
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Thank you so much, Lisa. I appreciate the shout out to my nut post!
This is a perfect poem for Earth Day. Planting trees is always a hopeful thing. We trust these trees will grow and flourish.
Backs, sweat-drenched shirts; shovel, plant
under popcorn clouds in a too blue, noon sky,
Gaia’s day with two dozen deep-earth saplings.
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You’re very welcome, my friend.
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And exuberant ode to spring! (K)
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I like the word exuberant :)
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Me too. And it fits!
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Wonderful use of this poetic form to send us all swirling with the pollens!
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:) Thanks, Ana, for better or worse ;)
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Hahaha, a-choo! 🤧
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I love your poem and the imagery it evokes.
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Sadje, so happy you enjoyed it :)
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🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Lisa, a very nice poem, and a nice shout-out to Dwight and his brother-in-law’s “nutty” cause…a worthy one to be sure. Happy Earth Day!🌎
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Happy Earth Day and thank you!
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What a glorious ode to springtime and all its treats for the senses, Lisa!
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Steve, thank you. Spring is a sensorily immersive experience that I love :)
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It sure is, isn’t it? And a precursor to the glory of warm summer days.
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Nice poem about a nice season. I’m ready! We are having a frost tonight.
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Frost!?!? I always think of you guys having much warmer weather than here. It’s been cooler here but nowhere near frost for awhile.
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We usually do…I had my heater on all the way to work this morning.
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Ew. We aren’t beyond having frost yet, but today it is 60. Heading out on the bike in short bit here.
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I think by the end of the week it’s going to be in the 70s…so good times are coming!
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I’m so ready for spring to arrive for good. Thus far, the weather has been uneven in my neck of the woods. One day it’s lovely with mild temperatures, the next day we’re back to chilly.
Right now it’s lovely with sun and mostly blue sky. But in typical fashion, temperatures are forecast to drop to the high ‘30s tonight.
Oh, I well, I guess I take it one moment at a time. Soon we’ll probably complain about unbearable heat!😆
Happy Earth Day! 🌎
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Exactly about the unbearable heat coming. All we can do is what you said: one moment at a time.
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p.s. Happy Earth Day! I had some dirt delivered yesterday for the occasion ;)
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Well, in this case, I guess happy dirt day!😀
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A beautiful poem of spring, Lisa! I like rhymed and unrhymed pantoum poems. Happy Earth Day!
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Thanks much, Merril. Happy Earth Day!
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You’re welcome, Li. And to you!
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You’re an endless fount of creativity. How do you do it? And I love your “dragon” tree. And what a nice rhyming toast to spring!
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You’re very kind, Stacey, thanks. Nature is the fount that inspires.
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What a happy and brilliant concord of sound and flitter of color. I’m so glad the birds are here!
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Colleen, things do get busy in spring :) There is at least one bluebird building a nest out there as I type. Life is good.
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What a delight it is to read this very beautiful pantoum, Lisa. It’s made me feel happy. Thank you 💚💚💚
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My work here is done ;) Thanks <3
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