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| Scotio River today, Dublin, Ohio
Smile O voluptuous cool-breath'd earth!
Earth of the slumbering and liquid trees!
Earth of departed sunset―earth of the mountains misty-topt! Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon just tinged with blue! Earth of shine and dark mottling the tide of the river! Earth of the limpid gray of clouds brighter and clearer for my sake! Far-swooping elbow'd earth―rich apple-blossom'd earth! Smile, for your lover comes. ― Walt Whitman |
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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limpid gray
ReplyDeletecould be a relative of mine
Giggle...your long lost cousin Limpid Gray...Limp for short...
ReplyDeleteWhitman is so soothing.
ReplyDeleteGood old Walt!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photograph also...
I like it. It reminds me of winter days in our area.
ReplyDeleteThank you...I'm strangely compelled to take drive-by shots of the river every time I cross the bridge...it never looks the same way twice...
ReplyDeleteThe river looks very unsullied. I'm sure WW would have been very tickled by John's opening comment!
ReplyDeleteSmiling!
ReplyDeleteLimpid Gray ... who knew it could be so stunning!
ReplyDeleteI think dear Walt must have seen this view of your dear Scotio River.
ReplyDeleteGail, I think the lovely Scioto must have been Whitman's muse...
ReplyDeleteGrey it is. Somehow, almost nondescript.
ReplyDeleteBrighter days will come, when barren branches burst forth in green.
smile oh transcendent earth
ReplyDeletegoddess of creation
mother of immortal children
smile and swaddle your ill mannered abusers
who tear away and pray
for guidance and wealth
smile o heavenly bosom of tenderness
enraptured upon you we suckle
and sleep suckle and sleep
always translucent
Earth parent we know
not by sight of your eyes
but by connection to our navel
dangling our cord still drips
your tonic thick and sweet
salt and sugar
our double helix
whispers a reminder
of our legacy
So earthy...so elegant...thank you Dub...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo!
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