tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post315683260414001767..comments2023-12-16T23:54:45.620+13:00Comments on . . . All Finite Things Reveal Infinitude . . . : TUESDAY POEM - Second NatureClaire Beynonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-54437074985060255422010-06-05T16:16:45.172+12:002010-06-05T16:16:45.172+12:00Dear Melissa... why am I not surprised at your con...Dear Melissa... why am I not surprised at your concern for earthworms? Because you have a tender heart. Thank you! L, CClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-22518532786110304412010-05-30T22:48:59.931+12:002010-05-30T22:48:59.931+12:00oh, I like Thomas...because I have the same worry ...oh, I like Thomas...because I have the same worry about worms crawling across the sidewalk when it's rained so heavily that they'll drown in the earth.<br />thank youmelissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-1088698284641904212010-05-30T09:01:03.514+12:002010-05-30T09:01:03.514+12:00Hi Susan - I know just what you mean! Taking a wal...Hi Susan - I know just what you mean! Taking a walk with 'short companions' is a treat and an honour. Children speed us up and slow us down - and they remind us to look, and look again, more closely. <br /><br />I remember my now-adult children at the crawling stage, finding the knots in our carpet mesmerizing, a fragment of leaf brought inside on our shoes, worthy of their full and unhurried attention... <br /><br />How much we have forgotten! Children come along like torches. <br /><br />Thanks for joining the conversation, Susan. <br /><br />L, ClaireClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-36783991653269306272010-05-29T10:09:28.618+12:002010-05-29T10:09:28.618+12:00i have walking lately with a couple of very short...i have walking lately with a couple of very short <br />companions: hunter, age 15 months, and quinn, a bit over 2 years old (diff parents...). they see the most amazing things! and can stare at a bottle cap or maple tree wings on the sidewalk for, ohh, 10 minutes.<br />taking a walk with them is like seeing a favorite movie in 3-D for the first time!<br />(i never noticed the earthworm in Rousseau's painting before!)susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-75101563696640573652010-05-29T04:07:27.574+12:002010-05-29T04:07:27.574+12:00Maggie May - I can imagine your collection of '...Maggie May - I can imagine your collection of 'saved bugs.' I had one, too ; ) Love the little creatures...Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-81046576574416785642010-05-29T03:47:07.251+12:002010-05-29T03:47:07.251+12:00Why, thank you, Tim Jones.Why, thank you, Tim Jones.Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-44831826617178318692010-05-26T14:23:24.666+12:002010-05-26T14:23:24.666+12:00i love his observation, and his heart. i had my ow...i love his observation, and his heart. i had my own collection of 'saved bugs' as a child. and i also love the 'gnarled attitudes of prayer'Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-45518962401733800032010-05-26T13:50:37.041+12:002010-05-26T13:50:37.041+12:00There should be a "Like" button on blogs...There should be a "Like" button on blogs, because I like this poem a lot!Tim Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856414700019368658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-61834837207417689042010-05-26T08:31:49.931+12:002010-05-26T08:31:49.931+12:00Belinda - welcome to you and your handsome takahe....Belinda - welcome to you and your handsome takahe. I enjoyed your Thomas Hardy poem today... and the write up that you posted with it. <br />Thank you for visiting and for your warm comment about Second Nature. <br />ClaireClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-81469171688226574182010-05-26T08:26:19.460+12:002010-05-26T08:26:19.460+12:00Dear T. Clear, Pam & Kay --- our children teac...Dear T. Clear, Pam & Kay --- our children teach us many things about looking and about the importance of small details and lowly creatures, yes. Mind you, they teach us many things about many things! Love and may we all enjoy a happy slism from time to time. C xxClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-37254662325366449592010-05-26T08:20:58.110+12:002010-05-26T08:20:58.110+12:00Geoffrey - thank you for the CD reference.
Time t...Geoffrey - thank you for the CD reference.<br /><br />Time to get burrowing. ; )Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-53472093472754537462010-05-25T23:43:31.492+12:002010-05-25T23:43:31.492+12:00What a great poem - it sparks so many connections....What a great poem - it sparks so many connections. Thank you!<br />Belindalillyannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12752638206153634574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-87587591294419329382010-05-25T21:02:41.150+12:002010-05-25T21:02:41.150+12:00I love this poem of yours Claire. The capacity of ...I love this poem of yours Claire. The capacity of children to look is a gift we must not lose - you definitely still have it and the rest of us benefit from it too as you use it to discover, translate, understand and then convey it to us your readers, in sublime, supple, fresh language - you gifted woman you! xxKay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-52802409456683966082010-05-25T18:41:49.271+12:002010-05-25T18:41:49.271+12:00Your poem has aroused in me an absolutely new appr...Your poem has aroused in me an absolutely new appreciation for earthworms! Thank you Tom and Claire. Boy - have we got a lot to learn from children about seeing, feeling, and acting on what we see and feel.Pam Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01422149903301168261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-37822111212641921672010-05-25T13:24:55.684+12:002010-05-25T13:24:55.684+12:00Children bestow to us poets so many blessings, man...Children bestow to us poets so many blessings, many as humble as the lowly earthworm. Great stuff, Claire!<br /><br />wv: slism; <i>The worm slismed across the grass....</i>T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-1573299386900943872010-05-25T12:18:28.038+12:002010-05-25T12:18:28.038+12:00Claire -- Do you know the C Darwin book on Earthwo...Claire -- Do you know the C Darwin book on Earthworms?Geoffrey Dunbarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-55701060761161732672010-05-25T10:54:07.181+12:002010-05-25T10:54:07.181+12:00Thank you, John - i love the word 'bucolic'...Thank you, John - i love the word 'bucolic'... it conjures up cows and cow parsley, moles and voles burrowing into their own seventh heavens!Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-90278090495987114492010-05-25T10:51:36.263+12:002010-05-25T10:51:36.263+12:00Bless you, Timoth... Until Tomas pointed out the e...Bless you, Timoth... Until Tomas pointed out the earthworm in this painting, I had never noticed it was there!Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-91469660375725834192010-05-25T10:50:33.422+12:002010-05-25T10:50:33.422+12:00Casting: a convoluted mass of earth or sand ejecte...Casting: a convoluted mass of earth or sand ejected onto the surface by a burrowing worm.<br />• a pellet regurgitated by a hawk or owl.<br /><br />Thank you, Mim. I love the way the dictionary definition accommodates the burrowing worm and the airborne hawk and owl! <br /><br />Yes, the openness of the young... they remind us to slow down and take care, regardless of whether we drive cars or not. <br /><br />I do miss the chameleons from my African garden - still sometimes expect to find them on the fynbos and lemon verbena.Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-46973121986293998082010-05-25T10:25:56.553+12:002010-05-25T10:25:56.553+12:00Tender, bucolic, timeless ... Mim's eye alread...Tender, bucolic, timeless ... Mim's eye already beat me to my favorite line.LentenStuffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03185396264367723474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-48967898565141265602010-05-25T09:30:35.375+12:002010-05-25T09:30:35.375+12:00". . . chameleons
bent in gnarled attitudes o...". . . chameleons<br />bent in gnarled attitudes of prayer . . . " Fresh language!<br /><br />Ah, the openness of the young.<br /><br />Don't you like the way worms leave that friable earth? What's the word, casting or casing?Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100640878581081403.post-25958960234868968262010-05-25T07:25:45.150+12:002010-05-25T07:25:45.150+12:00Claire, Henri Rousseau and I are both smiling at t...Claire, Henri Rousseau and I are both smiling at the thought of you two tender, worm-loving souls.TImothnoreply@blogger.com