Moving past the pandemic into the panpoetic IFT

[BrianIsSmilingAtYou]

Hello,

Little Tommy--certainly more tinsel might have let the boy/man die less prickishly, more poetic, gentle and serene in the hospital....is that not worth anything?
Also i've missed tinsel a great deal over the years and not asked for fear of de-decorating the glow of some treasured memories.
Thanks!
SP

Thanks, SP. I also loved tinsel as a child. It seemed magical.

Hey Brian. As usual I am smiling at your thread. Great humor and little Tammy. I totally identify with the winter snow that comes after spring. I’ll admit I’m a little more desperate this year for winter to be over, whatever might be in store for us next.

I look forward to hanging with you this month.

Jane

Thanks, Jane. Winter weather was mostly mild this year. It's just---why did freezing temps come back in early Spring?

Brian, the musing in ‘This Light’ on the longer days and the spring snow shower is really nice. We had ‘four seasons in one day’ style weather this last week, with a walk in my shorts in the morning to sleet and snow by school pick-up. Spring does like to keep one on one’s toes.

I can’t see the image for ‘Solvation’ FYI, but looked it up here. Not sure I’m awake enough for complicated science, so I’ll stick to the poem. There are some telling points here for me, that the poem encourages to meet our needs with the fish, not our excesses, and that nature should perhaps be left to its own accord and not quite so interfered with. It’s a successful ekphrastic, pulling the elements of the painting into the poem without feeling the need to repaint the image for us.

John

Thanks, John. I remember thinking the link for the painting looked weird, but when I posted it, I could see it fine. However, the link was weirdly structured (unlike the links for the two earlier poems, which I hope you can see). I fiddled with the link, and I think it should be okay now.

Apart from the technical difficulties, I'm glad you're enjoying the poems.

BrianIs AtYou