tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post114468978040860921..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: A poem: The Curl of SatisfactionRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1146242508881391342006-04-28T12:41:00.000-04:002006-04-28T12:41:00.000-04:00Latest revision of this poem (but I think it's sti...Latest revision of this poem (but I think it's still not "done"):<BR/><BR/>The Curl of Satisfaction<BR/><BR/><BR/>The fourth grade girl did not yet<BR/>know the lesson of waiting, <BR/>so after building a bluebird house for her own yard,<BR/>and watching it remain unpopulated <BR/>two seasons, she gave it to her teacher, my husband.<BR/><BR/>He nailed his birdhouse gift to a little gray poplar<BR/>in our field and we waited another two years.<BR/><BR/>We studied bluebirds,<BR/>knew we’d have to clean out the house<BR/>for another family next year, <BR/>if a family ever came. <BR/><BR/>Today his arm stops me, pointing to the little poplar <BR/>twenty feet away where blue and orange ignite <BR/>a branch like a match flame: a male bluebird. <BR/><BR/>The female darts out of the birdhouse’s black hole <BR/>and eyes us from another branch.<BR/><BR/>The birds hesitate. They scoop to other trees<BR/>away from us. They postpone their nesting<BR/>until we are well away, until <BR/>when? <BR/><BR/>Until <BR/>the time that is no time,<BR/>when the curl of satisfaction comes,<BR/><BR/>when reasonless beings burn:<BR/>Now.<BR/><BR/>Ruth M. April 2006Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1144966746568092462006-04-13T18:19:00.000-04:002006-04-13T18:19:00.000-04:00Georgeous! Hi gigpsy!Georgeous! <BR/><BR/>Hi gigpsy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1144872798099492772006-04-12T16:13:00.000-04:002006-04-12T16:13:00.000-04:00Ah, mystery solved! Thank you for explaining.Ah, mystery solved! Thank you for explaining.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1144868586622040512006-04-12T15:03:00.000-04:002006-04-12T15:03:00.000-04:00Ruth,Gipsyingy is actually an alias for Ingrid, wh...Ruth,<BR/>Gipsyingy is actually an alias for Ingrid, which I have written a while back and am a friend of Rachel.<BR/>I had problems signing in when I first sent the message and realized when I corrected it, my other name showed up. so if you see ingrid or gipsyingy... same person. Sorry about the confusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1144840434832280372006-04-12T07:13:00.000-04:002006-04-12T07:13:00.000-04:00Amy: Thanks!Don: Thank you. Wasn't that so fun wat...Amy: Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Don: Thank you. Wasn't that so fun watching the bluebirds??<BR/><BR/>Ginnie: Thank you. :)<BR/><BR/>Gipsyingy: Welcome, and thank you for your kind words. Owls! We have loved hearing them on our farm, but four of different species at once calling to each other. That sounds magnificent. How did you come to visit my blog?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1144813212441331332006-04-11T23:40:00.000-04:002006-04-11T23:40:00.000-04:00I love your poem, Ruth. So powerful and visionary...I love your poem, Ruth. So powerful and visionary. It is amazing how much we can learn from nature and the creatures who live there.<BR/>My parents had planted several species of cottonwood, populars, and such for owls. My mom is rejoicing now as she can go out at night and hear sometimes four different species of owls hooting and calling to each other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1144763329600498802006-04-11T09:48:00.000-04:002006-04-11T09:48:00.000-04:00VERY nicely done, dear Ruth! Oh how very sweet :)...VERY nicely done, dear Ruth! Oh how very sweet :) I feel like I have seen it all through your eyes. A poem AND photos!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1144725082061668972006-04-10T23:11:00.000-04:002006-04-10T23:11:00.000-04:00The way you built up to the bluebirds nesting in t...The way you built up to the bluebirds nesting in the birdhouse is really cool! I'm glad I saw it in real time, but this makes it feel real all over again.<BR/><BR/>Nicely done!<BR/><BR/>DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-1144700831933463162006-04-10T16:27:00.000-04:002006-04-10T16:27:00.000-04:00Very nice! :-)Very nice! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com