Sunday, May 20, 2012

Buttsprung

Charming R.A.D. Stainforth in his black and white world ... he nearly smiles here ...


Spring jumps in,
like some kind of joke,

runs at confused birds,
chases flowers with a faux nose.

Veins earthworm his arms.

He juggles dormant trees,
popcorns the sky,
flings yellow,

Wild as a buttsprung umbrella.



tk/April 2012




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image: The Circus With The Yellow Clown, 1967, Marc Chagall
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54 comments:

  1. UnknownSun May 20, 09:51:00 AM

    Beware the low flying buttsprung umbrella...umbrella said with four syllables.

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  2. Tess KincaidSun May 20, 10:36:00 AM

    It's closely related to the Jabberwock...

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  3. Laurie KolpSun May 20, 10:38:00 AM

    Amazing, Tess. I love popcorns the sky!!!

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  4. Brian MillerSun May 20, 10:57:00 AM

    buttsprung is such a fun word...haha...i just envision spring as this crazy clown running all over....fun piece tess...

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  5. Richard King Perkins IISun May 20, 10:59:00 AM

    This is a good poem.

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  6. brenda wSun May 20, 11:15:00 AM

    Hee hee! I love "buttsprung." I don't know if it's spring or the umbrella...both? But this is rather e. e. cummings-esque. Excellent poem.

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  7. CHummelKornellSun May 20, 11:18:00 AM

    Oh, so creative! And I love 'chases flowers with a faux nose'.

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  8. SuzSun May 20, 12:23:00 PM

    now that was interesting

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  9. HelenSun May 20, 12:38:00 PM

    Loved this ... the descriptive words in your Blog Header capture the wonderful craziness in 'Buttsprung' perfectly.

    Edna St. Vincent Millay (and me):)

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  10. Maude LynnSun May 20, 12:42:00 PM

    Very cool write!

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  11. sukipoetSun May 20, 12:45:00 PM

    love the chagall, one of my favorites.

    funny, but (haha) on another blog I follow the thumbnail shows the blog author wearing one of those fake noses. just above your thumbnail.

    spring, the poem holds a wonderful sense of playful surprise which seems to so characterize spring

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  12. AnonymousSun May 20, 12:54:00 PM

    adore how you compare spring to
    a fun-loving clown.

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  13. Other MarySun May 20, 01:07:00 PM

    What fun! And buttsprung is now my official word of the day!

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  14. UnknownSun May 20, 01:19:00 PM

    You have included such startling spring imagery in this circus inspired salute Tess. The "earthworm veins" is a wonderful connection, surfacing in the spring. This poem of yours pops. Thanks for sharing.

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  15. Myrna R.Sun May 20, 01:35:00 PM

    Nice. I like the fantasy imagery. It brings me to my childhood. This was fun.

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  16. JBinford-BellSun May 20, 01:42:00 PM

    Nice poem and I learned a new word. Buttsprung. Now to work it into a conversation

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  17. Stafford RaySun May 20, 02:11:00 PM

    This piece certainly has Spring in it... and it ends with as surprise as does any good buttsprung umbrella!

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  18. JinksySun May 20, 02:25:00 PM

    Earthworm veins? Ugh! True but yukky! LOL

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  19. Tom StephensonSun May 20, 02:58:00 PM

    Sorry - I despise poets who perform their own verses. It is even worse than getting someone else to do it for you - especially if you smoke. For CHRIST'S SAKE - couldn't he have waited 10 seconds to light up a cigarette?

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  20. Tess KincaidSun May 20, 03:17:00 PM

    Tom, I firmly believe poetry is meant to be heard...and R.A.D. Stainforth does a masterful job...

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  21. AnonymousSun May 20, 03:32:00 PM

    @ Tom Stephenson Who else do you despise young man? I despise people who blaspheme and use the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ for profanity when all their limited vocabulary is spent ...

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  22. christopherSun May 20, 03:39:00 PM

    Fight, fight!

    Tess (0)

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  23. AnonymousSun May 20, 03:43:00 PM

    I have a large wooden spoon which I'm not afraid to use ...

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  24. AnonymousSun May 20, 03:51:00 PM

    Very happy and yellow. I like the expression on the clown's face. Not scary at all ; )
    I actually saw confused birds being run at last week.

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  25. ayalaSun May 20, 04:02:00 PM

    Cool ,Tess...love these lines..He juggles dormant trees,
    popcorns the sky,
    flings yellow,

    Wild as a buttsprung umbrella.

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  26. ChristineSun May 20, 04:46:00 PM

    Listening to the poem read, was just awesome

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  27. sageSun May 20, 06:33:00 PM

    Nice poem, but the way it was read, with the cigarette and all, was interesting.

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  28. AnonymousSun May 20, 08:11:00 PM

    I love the popcorn in the sky line. It so fit's that day I've had, that I could have grabbed a handful.

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  29. kaykualaSun May 20, 09:40:00 PM

    Fun verse Tess! Spring sure has a lot of surprises!

    Hank

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  30. AnonymousSun May 20, 10:29:00 PM

    juggles dormant tress is an amazing image

    show's about to begin

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  31. 21 WitsSun May 20, 10:50:00 PM

    Your images, span the many faces of a clown, stepping into spring.....! As always, I enjoy hearing it ..... :)

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  32. ShawnaSun May 20, 11:19:00 PM

    "Veins earthworm his arms." ... What an excellent verb!

    I also love "popcorns the sky."

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  33. Leslie Jane MoranMon May 21, 12:09:00 AM

    "Buttsprung"...that's the sort of spring I'm having! I adore this piece Tess.

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  34. AnonymousMon May 21, 05:10:00 AM

    @ Shawna Tess demonstrates yet again that any noun can be verbed ... and she embiggened my vocabulary with the addition of "buttsprung" ...

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  35. hyperCRYPTICalMon May 21, 05:24:00 AM

    Amazing stuff! Particularly like

    "Veins earthworm his arms."

    Lovely, lovely!

    Anna :o]

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  36. R. Burnett BakerMon May 21, 10:08:00 AM

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  37. R. Burnett BakerMon May 21, 10:11:00 AM

    Big buttsprung fun!! Ha! But I'm really surprised that "spring", given the occasional ire of Mother Nature, would be allowed by her to be male!!

    (sorry, my previous comment was an incomplete sentence. Coffee hasn't hit me yet.)

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  38. MarchelineMon May 21, 10:18:00 AM

    I don't know what to get more excited about - the word "buttsprung", or getting to see R.A.D. smiling...

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  39. AnonymousMon May 21, 11:22:00 AM

    @ Marcheline I might smile next Sunday ...

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  40. christopherMon May 21, 01:15:00 PM

    Tess, (0) is a hug, like
    xoxox kisses and hugs and
    (((Tess))) hugs

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  41. Susan AndersonMon May 21, 01:55:00 PM

    Delightful!

    And I'm waiting to see if R.A.D. smiles next Sunday...

    ;)

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  42. LolamouseMon May 21, 03:46:00 PM

    Love the word choices here! "Buttsprung" is a new favorite!

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  43. Silent Otto Tue May 22, 08:01:00 AM

    Wow Tess, this is cool, Spring emerging from the earth as a clown . Awesome

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  44. LynTue May 22, 10:31:00 AM

    I always enjoy your magical words, inventive point of view..

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  45. robkistnerTue May 22, 02:46:00 PM

    buttsprung // buttsprung -- I love that word Tess, buttsprung... I also really like this mad celebration of spring you crafted here... cool...

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  46. Kathe W.Tue May 22, 02:52:00 PM

    love the use of umber-ella

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  47. Tumblewords:Tue May 22, 02:55:00 PM

    Almost impossible to beat buttsprung!

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  48. KarenTue May 22, 08:42:00 PM

    I'm with the majority...buttsprung is terrific!

    By the way, I find myself reading my own poems in R.A.D.'s voice, and man! Do they sound good!

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  49. MargaretTue May 22, 10:20:00 PM

    Ingenius description of Spring and/or the umbrealla! Wow.

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  50. Dave KingWed May 23, 04:13:00 AM

    Veins earthworm his arms.
    and
    Popcorns the sky

    Wonderful images!

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  51. AnonymousWed May 23, 06:27:00 AM

    @ Karen ... thanks ... Tess's poems work well either considered privately in one's head or read aloud ... this one brought to my mind Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps depicting Spring busting out cracking the ice ...

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  52. AnonymousWed May 23, 06:53:00 PM

    A lot of energy in this poem and verve! It's sprunging out all over. K.

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  53. LydiaSun May 27, 04:47:00 AM

    "popcorns the sky"... that is so fantastic, Tess!

    I think it was your remarkable new word "buttsprung" that nearly tweaked a smile out of R.A.D.!

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  54. Tess KincaidTue May 29, 11:55:00 AM

    Your kind and generous comments mean so much to me...thank you gentle readers...you're the best...

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― O. Henry (and me)

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