tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post6465880366487638732..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: W. H. Hudson: A NightingaleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-17993131609266819172011-05-03T08:18:02.080-07:002011-05-03T08:18:02.080-07:00Such beautiful songs, as the sun breaks through th...Such beautiful songs, as the sun breaks through the fog and the small invisible birds begin to celebrate, as though the world were good.<br /><br />In the human sphere morning rush hour traffic streams past, radio reminds of "the man so coveted..." and one is left to wonder what is to come when what is so coveted is at last <a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/martin-luther-king-jr-this-isnt-way.html" rel="nofollow">possessed</a>.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-70081514988257460932011-05-03T07:18:46.738-07:002011-05-03T07:18:46.738-07:00Tom,
and considering that the spring had been a b...Tom,<br /><br />and considering that the spring had been a backward one. . . . their silence was coming too soon. . . . they ask for no witness of their song . . . . <br /><br /><br />5.3<br /><br />grey-white line of fog against invisible<br />top of ridge, shadowed black pine branch<br />in foreground, sound of waves in channel<br /><br /> recognized repetition, view<br /> the field as painting<br /><br /> appear as it, that which is,<br /> and may pass as being<br /><br />grey-white of fog reflected in channel,<br />shadowed green pine on tip of sandspitSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-84048634437229325252011-05-02T14:28:08.174-07:002011-05-02T14:28:08.174-07:00I love reading Stephen's poem next to the Huds...I love reading Stephen's poem next to the Hudson and nightingale pictures. Vincent could be right about feathery whistling past the graveyard, but I take it (this is unlike me) more lightly and in a more hopeful mood than that. I wish I could be like Hudson's description of the nightingale -- unselfconsciously beautiful, sure of its position in space and confident. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-74955702465599577852011-05-02T12:57:23.348-07:002011-05-02T12:57:23.348-07:00Tom,
the nightingale has poise here...both in you...Tom,<br />the nightingale has poise here...both in your words and images(beautiful they are)..the ferocity of the 'ignored' cat is beautifully masked...today the news is popping in all kinds of 'catch your eye' colors ...the man so coveted..the only sparrow has been declared dead...i wonder if you are planning/or have planned to pen a post related to it...but it goes without saying..alive or dead..imaginations have been captured....manik sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055072451804840121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-57975586810884986772011-05-02T09:04:24.464-07:002011-05-02T09:04:24.464-07:00Maybe a feathery version on whistling past a grave...Maybe a feathery version on whistling past a graveyard. I notice that all the backyard animals here seem to easily differentiate between the semi-wild predator cats and the fluffy pretenders. I've seen squirrels prancing directly across the path of a cat in stalking position, knowing full well the cat would at most put up a fake little charge. But same squirrels head for the branches when the hungry tomcats come around. And at the beginning of last winter the white tomcat was seen hastening to the open space of the local graveyard with a big dead squirrel in his mouth. No whistling was heard.<br /><br />Tom I continued the great package discussion on the Equi thread.VINCENT FARNSWORTHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09840705566779483677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-68760187145480961892011-05-02T07:05:46.526-07:002011-05-02T07:05:46.526-07:00Tom,
Just back from all that whiteness, how good ...Tom,<br /><br />Just back from all that whiteness, how good to see Orange Billed Nightingale against green leaf in cloud forest. . . .<br /><br />5.2<br /><br />light coming into sky above still black<br />ridge, silver of planet beside branches<br />in foreground, wave sounding in channel<br /><br /> including the physical work<br /> after pause, appeared<br /><br /> on wall, picture horizontal,<br /> each with one another<br /><br />whiteness of peak in cloudless blue sky,<br />sunlit green branches to the left of itSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.com