A Tapestry of Spring

I wanted to share Cat's amazing video so that everyone might see it. So many wonderful poems from blogging contributors are included in this tapestry, all woven together with Cat's remarkable audio, visual, and spoken talents. A true embrace of spring if I ever saw one. It makes me smile with wonder every time I view it.

(My recitation of "Eden," below, is included)

I also wanted to thank you all for the tremendous support and advice given in the comments section of my last post. I couldn't sleep last night, for thinking of new ideas. Always a good sign. :) Anyway, things might be light around here while I'm in the throes. Let's hope this one takes!

Eden

The earth leans
and so do we,
resurrected memory
reciting its freefall
even while bedding
a word called new
in the tracks of neurons
laid for unborn years

and the crash is soft
--it’s almost mist--
a breathless exchange
of sound for silence
color for line
beginning for end
dream and dreamer
in a land undivided
like when lips
remind skin
of that fuse
in our bellies
jolting the
pale winter moth
into a
sinking,
spreading
butterfly

and I, too,
want to invite the
bee with its smart
little sting into
a wave of
these petals
where a
galaxy of honey
may be forgotten
til June
because a
big bang
breaks sweetest
from the
nectar
of your name
on the stickiness of
my tongue

And this is Eden
in a book by Matisse,
And this is spring
as painted by you
through me



[I wrote this poem for Cat's fun audio challenge
(final results to appear on Friday!). The
Matisse painting is titled, "The Joy of Life."]