tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post1788426360008751194..comments2023-12-16T23:54:45.620+13:00Comments on . . . All Finite Things Reveal Infinitude . . . : Margaret A & orangesClaire Beynonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-74599114786512046972009-10-26T11:28:41.731+13:002009-10-26T11:28:41.731+13:00Hello LD - thanks for WS's terrific pear poem....Hello LD - thanks for WS's terrific pear poem. I must admit, I like the idea that 'things' (be they pears, people, songs, everyday objects... ) are entirely themselves, that 'they resemble nothing else.' This immediately imbues everything with a simple and profound originality.<br /><br />Mary - you are very generous to say this, thank you. I have been gorging similarly on your blog and will leave you a message there to say as much. Your thought-provoking posts and supportive comments highlight community and remind me of the connections we have - and can make - out here in this alternate (and no less real) landscape.Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-60650677956068525252009-10-24T19:45:30.335+13:002009-10-24T19:45:30.335+13:00Thank you for this post, Claire, and for your blog...Thank you for this post, Claire, and for your blog. I doubt I'll make the oranges but I will keep coming back to read what you have to say. I have just spent a lovely 45 mins looking through your past posts and I feel glutted now with your astonishing [and I use that word advisedly] words and images. Who needs oranges?Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-6532415900137650522009-10-24T15:49:27.822+13:002009-10-24T15:49:27.822+13:00Study of Two Pears
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The pe...Study of Two Pears<br /><br />I<br />Opusculum paedagogum.<br />The pears are not viols,<br />Nudes or bottles.<br />They resemble nothing else.<br /><br />II<br />They are yellow forms<br />Composed of curves<br />Bulging toward the base.<br />They are touched red.<br /><br />III<br />They are not flat surfaces<br />Having curved outlines.<br />They are round<br />Tapering toward the top.<br /><br />IV<br />In the way they are modeled<br />There are bits of blue.<br />A hard dry leaf hangs<br />From the stem.<br /><br />V<br />The yellow glistens.<br />It glistens with various yellows,<br />Citrons, oranges and greens<br />Flowering over the skin.<br /><br />VI<br />The shadows of the pears<br />Are blobs on the green cloth.<br />The pears are not seen<br />As the observer will.<br /><br />-Wallace StevensLynda Denisnoreply@blogger.com