Thanks, Sheila, Doug, Max, Stephen ... I haven't snapped for awhile -
dramas in life, too busy with work, etc - so it was like loosening my
right arm up at the beginning of the cricket season.
Andrew
2008/9/11 Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]>:
> Like it, too, Andrew. Those unkempt nasturniams somehow akin to the
> shabby deli - except the former knows how to survive against the
> odds.
>
>
>
> Stephen V
>
> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>
> --- On Wed, 9/10/08, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: nasturtium snap
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 10:56 AM
>
> breathy, lovely imagery throughout, and I particularly enjoy "thrives
> on/neglect," Andrew!
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 2:30 AM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> this is a
>> nasturtium poem
>> growing along
>> the fenceline
>> it thrives on
>> neglect which
>> any academic can give it
>> between showers
>> always sneaking
>> into the corner
>> of an eye
>> trailing
>> along a bardic meter
>> in sunshine
>> and spring showers
>>
>> then
>> by the outer city subway
>> as you drive by
>> where the tattoo shop
>> and shabby deli
>> were torn down
>> on the empty
>> large commercial lot
>> hundreds and thousands
>> of everlastings
>> swaying in the breeze
>> from the trains overhead
>> and the traffic
>> trundling by
>> --
>>
>>
>> Andrew
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
>>
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
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