These early yellow lilies cover-up during a brief thunderstorm that passed the neighborhood. So green, so yellow-- it's amazing what a little rain will do to an ordinary image. So many put away the camera in the rain, swearing allegiances to the 'Kodak Rules'(you know- shoot 10-2, sun at your back, yada, yada, yada...), that they miss the truly stunning shot. Ah... ee cummings would say:in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles far and wee
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
it's
spring
and
the
goat-footed
balloonMan whistlesfar
and
wee
This is one of my favorites of the year.....as yellow as you can get....as green as it gets...and the droplets of water on every flower makes me think of Donavan's song about Mellow Yellow. Why the lower case "ee" on cummings name?
ReplyDeleteCool picture....
ReplyDeletelove this post.
ReplyDeletelove this particular poem.
love the lillies far and wee.
Marchin-
ReplyDeleteJust the 'way of the world' for the poet, ee cummings. No caps where you'd expect them and lots of little 'games' and fun within each poem... signed-
eddieandbill