‘Four quarters of a circle’
~
Does showing up make you an expert
Or not going anywhere make you a fool?
Should the fool and the expert pool
Their resources?
How clever can a fool
Be? And what knowledge is of use
If the ‘knower’ is foolish?
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I’d rather have a show
And tell at the nature table
~
Does the stem which has born
The leaf cry out when torn
From the branch?
Does the leaf, then
Remember her old mother tree
Does she remember
The acorn?
~
Does the sea remember snowflake
Patterns? What happens to these
Memories when the river freezes
Over? And the water in sneezes
Glinted by sunshine
Wafted by breezes -
Do the trees catch colds?
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If I had the option of one answer
What would I want to know?
Something about the endless flow
Something about the stop and go
Tell me of Death -
Is it only the absence of Breath?
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(Images: author photos of a small bird in Granada, Spain, and two wall paintings from the Basilica of San Juan in Granada )
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Ah you are back! Great.
Beautiful, Liz. Heading off to Spain next week. x