I really like your "stuff", David. Sometimes I think it's great, sometimes "merely" charming, but always delightful. I hesitate to kudo people because it sets up expectations of kudoance that when lacking can cause anxiety, and yet, I know that we're all just sitting around waiting for Kudo. So it's kudo to you, but don't expect one every goddamn time you write a poem -- got it? Thanks again Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 1:00 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem > > My love lured into the garden; a romance of the middle ages. > > The season of stuff stuffing up our gutters is done. > Moss and slime are in decline, dying but not yet gone. > The testing time for our shoots now approaches, > but foxgloves and spanish lavender thrive when the temperature rises, > so when we step out, > they will have bloomed, be thick with the sweet promise of orange bees. > You'll find the ground has now gone hard. > Last week, after the east wind, > which dries clay quicker than washing, > I tested the sod with a spade. > Ha! No chance of our house settling soon. > > So we are a packet still far from shore, > making a good knot or five, > not high, not dry, > both firm and sound. > In another season we may be bunkered in by heat, > or cowering under sheets > of rain, > or frail or, who can say, > painting scenes in the forest back? > So come with me now into our earthy delight > to sit under the Russian olive. > Cock an ear with me, > bring some fine hot tea, > let's fiddle a while with our rings, > chat, > anticipate what tunes peonies can bring. > > David Ritchie > Portland, Oregon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html