This natural canvas is down the road a bit. Although the days warm to close to 60 the early AM can still bring a hard course of reality on April mornings. This light cover of ice creates challenges for the two wood ducks trying to make a 'go of it' on the water.Each spring I share this wee poem by ee cummings with my friends. They enjoy his stuff.
in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little lame baloonman
whistles far and wee
and eddyandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old baloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
it's
spring
and
the
goat-footed
balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee
I LOVE that poem! When I taught high school, I often included this poem in my spring poetry unit. It's a poem filled with great images and terrific sound.
ReplyDeleteYou caption is so appropriate to the photo!
Haha. With tinnitus I constantly hear the balloonman whistling far and wee.
ReplyDeleteMaking mud pies, double dutch and drawing the boxes for hopscotch in the dirt driveway that was the welcoming of Spring to me. Oh yes, and the fact that I would no longer have to wear my RED RUBBERS over my shoes!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat poem to share. Thanks