She loves
to cook and scatter herbs
above a turning plate
or steaming pot,
it lays scent out
and draws hearts in.
She loves to pinch
and spray tiny seeds,
rock hard shells
unpierced by wet
or temperature-
Stepping back on spiral stairs
she leads
up rocky paths
to sing with yellow birds
Can bring us to a lake
on corners of our world,
where elders wrap
colors around a fire,
to wait for stars and moon.
11 comments:
Lovely take on the video!!!!!
I love the idea of square corners on our round world! :)
Beautifully written izzy - spare, yet so rich with image and movement. Love the oppositions of the third stanza;
'it lays scent out
and draws hearts in.'
and the picture the final stanza creates is just stunning. Great stuff.
Mother Earth cooking and sowing - beautiful pictures!
This really is beautiful stuff. There is very quiet intense energy in it reading it, just gorgeous. Have been gandering through your other posts and find this place very comfy :-)
You transform the act of cooking into a mystical journey through time and space. Very nice, Izzy!
I agree with Enchanted Oak. Superb for that reason.
I'm looking for a new cook book... LOL :)
I am lost in the beauty -- this speaks of generations of women through the ages, it had my mind spiraling around connecting one generation of women to the next,, perhaps it was not intended by you, however, it had intricate layers that brought it all home with the last stanza for me...
where elders wrap
colors around a fire,
to wait for stars and moon.
lovely,
joanny
I love this.
http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/thursday-poets-rally-week-35-december-16-22/
I wonder if you are interested in poets rally,
Link in a random poem, visit and comment…
Poets return favors and follow the rules, thus, hope that you won’t miss your opportunity to make new poetry friends…
Happy Friday!
Stay Blessed!
xoxox
keep writing..
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