exquisitely perfect Marsha, (How does she do it?)
"She? She is the cat's mother", my late mother-in-law used to say, which I never understood completely. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:48 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > meeooowww > > > > The Task > by Jane Hirshfield > > > It is a simple garment, this slipped-on world. > We wake into it daily - open eyes, braid hair - > a robe unfurled > in rose-silk flowering, then laid bare. > > And yes, it is a simple enough task > we've taken on, > though also vast: > from dusk to dawn, > > from dawn to dusk, to praise, and not > be blinded by the praising. > To lie like a cat in hot > sun, fur fully blazing, > > and dream the mouse; > and to keep too the mouse's patient, waking watch > within the deep rooms of the house, > where the leaf-flocked > > sunlight never reaches, but the earth still blooms. > > > > ___ > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
