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Mother Martha-of-the-Winter

Mother Martha-of-the-Winter

The squirrel sits up on grey haunches,
holds her paws together,
a nun in contemplation.
Is she keeping them warm?
Is she praying I leave?

© Kåre Enga 2008 [164.518a] 2008-02-19

Coming of age during the sexual revolution:

ready to learn how to fly,
to be flown.

Kåre Enga 2008 [164.518c] 2008-02-19

IMAGES and MUSINGS:

The full moon haloed in the eastern sky; thin clouds; south-west sky tinted blue-green. (I missed the eclipse)

Local eclipse photos: http://www2.ljworld.com/photos/2008/feb/20/141303/

White glazed, the day dawned grey; getting pinged by snowflakes thudding against my hood.

Barbecue beef and bean soup as thick as stew; huddling for the last bus home.

NEWS/ON-LINE:

No, I didn't know Leon Carr, but friends of mine did. He died in a snowbording accident:

http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/281417.html

A local school wouldn't allow a female referee to work a boy's basketball game:

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/feb/22/sexist_call/?opinion

The local opinion page can be brutal in this town ...

ME:

Actually managed to go to the post office and mail a package to a friend (3 gifts for his son), a package to my house-mate who is still enjoying Florida, and a submission of six poems.

Mailing things has become more difficult since 9/11. Fortunately there weren't the usual long lines yesterday.

2 inches of snow and the city shuts down! The university let out early so I didn't get to a computer. Hung out in the Oread Bookstore and bought a copy of Coal City Review (which I'll submit to next as soon as I figure which poems are suitable) and 'book' of 30 postcards of Will Barnet. I already have ideas of poems for The Sled, Three Chairs and Edge of the World.

A Will Barnet link: http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/2aa/2aa233.htm

Wish I could find better!

A photo of my Aunt Ivaloo, at age 91, from a year ago. I just figured out how to download it here.


Kansas: 22º and grey.

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