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Earth was the jewel of our breathing...a wondrous cat's eye marble rolling. #poetry #TimNolan
10 Apr
We knew that the rising Earth was
the jewel of our breathing, the swirling of our weather,
a wondrous cat’s eye marble rolling across black velvet,
a wondrous cat’s eye marble rolling across black velvet,
Excerpt from Words Can Describe by Timothy J. Nolan
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Found through Susan Glassmeyer from www.LittlePocketPoetry.org
For several years now, in honor of national poetry month, Susan sends a poem a day throughout April to poem lovers. She meticulously researches the poem, poet and permission rights the other 11 months as she prepares to share the gifts of poets, obscure or well known alike. This poem is about the first landing on the moon and the astronauts pure but inarticulate expression of what they saw. Nolan gives the description another go imagining instead the words of him, the poet flowing polished outward.
Visit www.LittlePocketPoetry.org. There you will find the archives of past April Gifts. Soon the 2011 selections and this poem, which is well worth reading in its entirety, will join the archives. Next to "Words can't describe" coming from the astronauts, Nick's blissful turn of words are a close second in describing the beauty of earth from deep space. Plus if you want a poem a day to ponder in April 2012, you can join the list for next year.
Thanks Susan for all the annual work in introducing us to a poem a day during national poetry month!
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