Oh, Claire--your wordsmithing sends me to my dictionary and my journal both; the made up words like 'edgebent' put me in mind of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
We have Canadian Geese in our Seattleland skies quite often when they're migrating--your poem reminds me of their flight. Lovely.
AH THANK YOU Jody - I LOVE Gerard Manley Hopkins. I *love* making up words actually but I rarely post/submit those because they're much more nonsense/playful.
and I could be wrong but I wonder if Canadian geese are the main ones that fly in a V formation? When I was looking for images for this post I kept seeing almost entirely Canadian ones
yeah you’re definitely subscribed! it even shows that you opened in your email the poem after this one (Snowmelt Silver). Maybe this one randomly went into your spam folder for some reason?
Oh thanks for checking! Huh interesting... it must've been a fluke thing. I thought maybe I accidentally trashed it before reading, but it's not there. Yet when I search my main inbox, it comes up I'm the search funnel, even though I can't see it. Must be a fluke idk! Anyway, glad I found it! :)
The geese offer an example of community, of unity and shared responsibility, of communal perseverance towards reaching a goal that can teach us a lot. Thanks for sharing what they taught you.
I think this one is my new favorite of yours. It is true—something we can never find. But oh how beautiful our messes can turn out to be! Thank you God for that.
that means so much Rosa!! and i'm always blessed by how faithfully you engage with my work :)). And yep - thank God that even though we can never achieve the perfection of a perfect line of flight in the air, there's still something beautiful and redeemable in our disarray
Oh, Claire--your wordsmithing sends me to my dictionary and my journal both; the made up words like 'edgebent' put me in mind of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
We have Canadian Geese in our Seattleland skies quite often when they're migrating--your poem reminds me of their flight. Lovely.
AH THANK YOU Jody - I LOVE Gerard Manley Hopkins. I *love* making up words actually but I rarely post/submit those because they're much more nonsense/playful.
and I could be wrong but I wonder if Canadian geese are the main ones that fly in a V formation? When I was looking for images for this post I kept seeing almost entirely Canadian ones
"the birds bank their life
along a ruler in the air,
architecting their belonging
in remorseless space. "
Wow, loved these lines!
Also sorry I only just saw this! I didn't receive it in my email box so I just happened to see it directly on the app. Glad I did! A beautiful gem!
yeah you’re definitely subscribed! it even shows that you opened in your email the poem after this one (Snowmelt Silver). Maybe this one randomly went into your spam folder for some reason?
Oh thanks for checking! Huh interesting... it must've been a fluke thing. I thought maybe I accidentally trashed it before reading, but it's not there. Yet when I search my main inbox, it comes up I'm the search funnel, even though I can't see it. Must be a fluke idk! Anyway, glad I found it! :)
ahhh thank you!! and oh weird! let me check that you’re subscribed! I don’t know why it wouldn’t have come through!
This is gorgeous; thank you for sharing. 😁
Wishing for a slice of grace myself at the moment. Thank you.
❤️❤️
The geese offer an example of community, of unity and shared responsibility, of communal perseverance towards reaching a goal that can teach us a lot. Thanks for sharing what they taught you.
I think this one is my new favorite of yours. It is true—something we can never find. But oh how beautiful our messes can turn out to be! Thank you God for that.
that means so much Rosa!! and i'm always blessed by how faithfully you engage with my work :)). And yep - thank God that even though we can never achieve the perfection of a perfect line of flight in the air, there's still something beautiful and redeemable in our disarray
Simply beautiful… “architecting their belonging
in remorseless space.” If only we could discover this same freedom and ability to belong in remorseless spaces!
yes, you get it! How amazing it would be to have that sense of purpose and belonging where you are! The knowingness of it
I normally don't like geese but this was great!
Thank you!!! Yeah, I wouldn’t say I like them close up…I like watching them far away int he sky 😆
Haha true! There's an elegance to them when they fly that isn't there when they waddle 😂
they're ugly critters on the ground ;)