Tuesday, February 15, 2011

heaven and earth


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


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34 comments:

  1. Dan GurneyFebruary 15, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    exquisite photos. well worth clicking on to enlarge, the better to see the ice crystals. Thanks, steven.

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  2. Dejemonos sorprenderFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    i think that i can see the perfect forms from here )).. very nice pictures.

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  3. nouvelles couleurs - vienna atelierFebruary 15, 2011 at 6:26 AM

    beautifull fotos, beautifull colours

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  4. Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.February 15, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    I have run out of superlatives to describe your pairings steven. Always a delight to come here to start my day.

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  5. ValeriannaFebruary 15, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    A gemstone of wonder to begin my day, thanks!

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  6. Reya MellickerFebruary 15, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    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!

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  7. PaulineFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    perfect

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  8. ellen abbottFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    what Bonnie said.

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  9. JoFebruary 15, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    Oh. How. Exquisite.

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  10. KayFebruary 15, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    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

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  11. FrikoFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    Delightful pictures of frozen snow on red rust.
    Your words told me that's what they are.
    Quite delightful.

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  12. RuthFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:58 PM

    What a mystery, and wonder. I feel great awe here.

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  13. Linda SueFebruary 15, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    Beautiful little crystals clinging to rust- goosebumpy beautiful.

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  14. Margaret PangertFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    The white purity on top and the red fire and brimstone below. How could you find more perfect imagery? Beautiful, Steven. me ♥

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  15. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    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

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  16. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    matias - click on the images and you'll see them! steven

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  17. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    nouvelles - thankyou very much. that's how nature made them! steven

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  18. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    bonnie - i love coming here also! i am so glad to share this space with such people as yourself. steven

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  19. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    valerianna - gems - each one!! steven

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  20. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    reya - it seems like the right thing to do!! steven

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  21. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    pauline - i'm thankful to have seen this perfection! steven

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  22. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    ellen - like i said to bonnie. steven

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  23. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    jo - even rust has its own beauty and when paired up with snow crystals - hooo boy! steven

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  24. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    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

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  25. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    friko thankyou. steven

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  26. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    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

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  27. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    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

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  28. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    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

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  29. Dejemonos sorprenderFebruary 15, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    Yes are perfects ))

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  30. Rachel FentonFebruary 15, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    I'm not a believer in heaven, but earth I'll take with both hands and melt. These photos are art, Steven.

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  31. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 10:39 PM

    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

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  32. stevenFebruary 15, 2011 at 10:40 PM

    thankyou matias!! steven

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  33. *February 16, 2011 at 12:19 AM

    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).

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  34. Tess KincaidFebruary 16, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    They do have little star wings. Lovely. They are melting here. I'm sad to see them go.

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