Poetry Celebration and Contest

Ashley Cooper ashcooper at earthlink.net
Sat Sep 4 10:44:45 PDT 2004


hi alan,

thank you muchly (!) for this great story. i felt the need to blog it at
easily amazed... have a peek if you wish.

warm regards,
ashley

http://ashleycoop.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_ashleycoop_archive.html#1094319780
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> [Original Message]
> From: Alan Stewart <alan at creativestate.biz>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Date: 9/3/2004 3:52:54 AM
> Subject: Re: Poetry Celebration and Contest
>
> G'day Joelle and All
>
> My congratulations to you on your enchanting poem about 'you'.
>
> Looking forward to more kindling of our imagination from
> the Pacific Northwest forest ...
>
> Alan
> Adelaide
>
> PS Here is something which I noticed recently and have found helpful.
>
>
> On patience with one's gradual growth ... respecting the rhythm of the
> spirit
>
> I remembered one morning when I discovered a cocoon in the bark of a tree,
> just as the butterfly was making a hole in its case and preparing to come
> out.  I waited a while but it was too long appearing and I was impatient.
>
> I bent over it a breathed on it to warm it.  I warmed it as quickly as I
> could and the miracle began to happen before my eyes, faster than life.
The
> case opened, the butterfly started slowly crawling out and I shall never
> forget my horror when I saw how its wings were folded back and crumpled.
> The wretched butterfly tried with its whole trembling body to unfold them.
>
> Bending over it, I tried to help it with my breath.  In vain.  It needed
to
> be hatched out patiently and the unfolding of the wings should be a
gradual
> process in the sun.  Now it was too late.  My breath had forced the
> butterfly to appear, all crumpled before its time.  It struggled
desperately
> and, a few seconds later, died in the palm of my hand.
>
> That little body is, I do believe, the greatest weight I have on my
> conscience. For I realise that it is a mortal sin to violate the great
laws
> of nature.  We should not hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should
> confidently obey the eternal rhythm.
>
> I sat on a rock to absorb this New Year's thought. Ah, if only that little
> butterfly could always flutter before me to show me the way.
>
>
> (Zorba the Greek)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Aitken" <tzimtzum at earthlink.net>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 4:10 AM
> Subject: Poetry Celebration and Contest
>
>
> > The world on fire burns with a green flame:
> > I will not trade a precious moment
> > of the chaos, joy and pain
> > for a life with no surprises,
> > for a day with no time
> > to let you in.
> >
> > (from her poem Portals)
> >
> > Joelle Lyons Everett is now Poet Laureate of the OSLIST, with her
gorgeous
> poem rooted in the Pacific Northwest forest. If memory serves, this is the
> second time Joelle wears the crown of leaves.
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who read poems, wrote poems, and/or submitted
"virtual
> sticky dots" to support poems of this season's Celebration and Contest.
>
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