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You didn't tell us how your day as a local celebrity went on Saturday, Patrick. P > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Patrick McManus > Sent: 26 September 2007 19:16 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Snap, 26 September 07 : Rite of Spring > > Joanna Hey you are right let's make a list of them what about Vonnegut and > beavers????for one how about 'Conservative' yuck! > Ps did you get any free drinks at your do orthose little triangulart > sandwiches? Or a medal (I shall give myself a medal) > Greetos P the eldester > Ps I am going to watch heroes tonight!!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Joanna Boulter > Sent: 26 September 2007 16:43 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Snap, 26 September 07 : Rite of Spring > > Oh drat -- *another* word we're suddenly only allowed to use in its rude > meaning. > > joanna > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: Snap, 26 September 07 : Rite of Spring > > > Joanna Kasper is well aware of that-it's the wild sensual side of it all > that is so overwhelming!!! > P > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Joanna Boulter > Sent: 26 September 2007 10:34 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Snap, 26 September 07 : Rite of Spring > > No, no, Kasper, it's what the catkins are called -- pussy-willows, > pussy-palms. The catkins look like a cat's folded paw, very soft and silky. > I used to pick stems of it with my grandmother as a very small child (help! > *how long ago?) to decorate the church for Palm Sunday, and I can't have > been the only one of us who used to do this. > > joanna > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kasper salonen" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:02 AM > Subject: Re: Snap, 26 September 07 : Rite of Spring > > > I'm with P on this one, that word is so distracting. even though > that's the tree's name, I'd be more careful than this about using the > word. someone stoned enough might get the image of a tree with vaginas > hanging off it like apples!! > > the poem is quaint, & nice, & plain. pretty. > > KS > > On 26/09/2007, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Rite of Spring > > > > > > At a small bridge in the Warrandyte road > > the creek in a culvert passes under > > on its way to the Yarra, > > > > Andersons Creek no less, > > where gold was found just before > > the great Ballarat gold rush. > > > > Warrandytešs rush was lesser. > > Now as they say, therešs just > > the annual gold of the wattles. > > > > Thatšs early spring, September, > > when I always watch as well > > for the rebirth of the willows, > > > > roadside, creekside, riverside, > > freshest green on the Weeping ones, > > silver velvet catkins on the Pussies.* > > > > Great to get there in time with secateurs > > and carry home long fronds for the house, > > but easy to be too late, and find > > > > the pussies opened, yellow with their pollen, > > less fitted for a long spell in a tall vase. > > But surprise: this week I made it, > > > > my eye caught by fresh willows > > not far from home, in Templestowe > > where another modest creek seeks the Yarra. > > > > Wife and dog wait in the car, I tiptoe > > through lank grass, lean over a wire fence, > > and snip enough fronds to make an armful, > > > > now a strong display at home. > > Where folk look, and guess, wrongly, > > as if no-one any more knows pussy willow. > > > > 26 September 2007 > > > > Max Richards > > Doncaster, Victoria > > > > *From a website: > > Pussy willows are dioecious. > > There are male pussy willow trees and female pussy willow trees. > > The buds, or catkins, on the male pussy willow trees look different from > > those on the females. > > The male catkins are showier, and it is the branches of the male trees > > that > > we seek for their "pussy willows." > > The catkins of males yield numerous tiny staminate flowers later in > > spring. > > From the decorator's perspective, it is at this point that the bouquet has > > "gone by." > > Likewise, the female catkins will bear pistillate flowers. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1025 - Release Date: 23/09/2007 > 13:53 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1025 - Release Date: 23/09/2007 > 13:53