they dropped like stars
on this
the stillest day
their
perfect forms
falling
like earthbound angels
and i got so close
i could see
their little wings
folded one against the other
brushing close
as they settled against
the winter metal
of a rusting fence
and so do
heaven and earth
rest first side by side
and then become each other
34 comments:
exquisite photos. well worth clicking on to enlarge, the better to see the ice crystals. Thanks, steven.
i think that i can see the perfect forms from here )).. very nice pictures.
beautifull fotos, beautifull colours
I have run out of superlatives to describe your pairings steven. Always a delight to come here to start my day.
A gemstone of wonder to begin my day, thanks!
Wow! You do get up close and personal with the world, Steven. Then you write about it, you take pictures. You are so generous to share what you see and feel with us. Thank you!
perfect
what Bonnie said.
Oh. How. Exquisite.
wow steven what stunningly beautiful photos on the last two blogs......and your header!!!...is it a painting....a vista...the sea....frost....clapboard...i know you will say it is whatever i see!!!..xx
Delightful pictures of frozen snow on red rust.
Your words told me that's what they are.
Quite delightful.
What a mystery, and wonder. I feel great awe here.
Beautiful little crystals clinging to rust- goosebumpy beautiful.
The white purity on top and the red fire and brimstone below. How could you find more perfect imagery? Beautiful, Steven. me ♥
dan - those little crystals each like pinwheels. i didn't notice them on my clothes until one of my students caled out and we all watched them and looked for them one ach other! steven
matias - click on the images and you'll see them! steven
nouvelles - thankyou very much. that's how nature made them! steven
bonnie - i love coming here also! i am so glad to share this space with such people as yourself. steven
valerianna - gems - each one!! steven
reya - it seems like the right thing to do!! steven
pauline - i'm thankful to have seen this perfection! steven
ellen - like i said to bonnie. steven
jo - even rust has its own beauty and when paired up with snow crystals - hooo boy! steven
kay the header is a photo of the river at dawn as the sun catches the mist rising off it and reflects into the water. the nearer material is ice. steven
friko thankyou. steven
ruth - i am very much in this world and i feel the greatest awe for all of it and the greatest desire to share that awe. thankyou for sharing what i see. steven
linda sue - i was so up in the air with excitement right alongside my grade six boys when they saw the tiny crystals right there!!! really it was such a great recess as we watched them fall and then i saw the fence and - yes i carry my camera with me on yard duty - and took these pics! steven
margaret - i don't honestly know. heaven and earth side-by-side in the simplest setting. entirely available to anyone! thankyou for your kind comment. steven
Yes are perfects ))
I'm not a believer in heaven, but earth I'll take with both hands and melt. These photos are art, Steven.
rachel it's interesting to me that you aren't a believer in heaven. neither am i! not as a place that is - but as a possibility framed in earthly terms. from that comes the phrase "and then become each other". they're melded - so melded that the terms bare no weight. they just are. steven
thankyou matias!! steven
My favorite lines:
"their
perfect forms
falling
like earthbound angels."
And the first stanza, how awesome, if I could steal it, I would, it's that stunning,
and the phrase, "winter metal" as well as the concept that heaven & earth can meld, become part of one another, and my reading of it to be a relationship (of 2 opposing beings).
They do have little star wings. Lovely. They are melting here. I'm sad to see them go.
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