judith meskill - soc.media.rocks

now who is this little dollop of red,
head cocked to the side, eye looking ahead,
asking me now, am i gonna get fed,
you bet your sweet beak, my vision in red ... xo
 
judith meskill

"... From whence arrived the praying mantis?
From outer space, or lost Atlantis?
glimpse the grin, green metal mug
at masks the pseudo-saintly bug,
Orthopterous, also carnivorous,
And faintly whisper, Lord deliver us ..."
 
by Ogden Nash
 
i shot this fellow the week before i started packing to move into my new home - i just found him this weekend when i downloaded the memory card in my xti ... xo

worth two in the tree
a crow in the snow that is
black on white delight ... xo
 
judith meskill

nothing but blue skies
swimming in this lake with me
leaf'ing me along ... xo
 
judith meskill

like the sound of one hand clapping,
and not the sound of one foot tapping,
the sound of one leaf falling,
is sublime ... xo
 
judith meskill

 

"... THE BEE is not afraid of me,
I know the butterfly;
The pretty people in the woods
Receive me cordially.

The brooks laugh louder when I come,
The breezes madder play.
Wherefore, mine eyes, thy silver mists?
Wherefore, O summer’s day? ..."
 
Emily Dickinson

 

"... Partake as doth the Bee,
Abstemiously ..."

 
Emily Dickinson

 
in memory of Louise Halper.

"... THE BUTTERFLY obtains
But little sympathy,
Though favorably mentioned
In Entomology.
Because he travels freely
And wears a proper coat,
The circumspect are certain
That he is dissolute.
Had he the homely scutcheon of modest Industry,
’T were fitter certifying for Immortality ..."
 
Emily Dickinson
 
yesterday i stepped into the garden to catch what turned out to be a nanosecond of repose for this cabbage white butterfly that was flitting about the liatris ... happy weekend, dear friends ... xo

"... I cannot meet the Spring unmoved --
I feel the old desire --
A Hurry with a lingering, mixed,
A Warrant to be fair --

A Competition in my sense
With something hid in Her --
And as she vanishes, Remorse
I saw no more of Her ..."
 
Emily Dickinson

this yellow headed blackbird shared a wish,
and jumped onto this branch with a fine swish,
"oh happy birthday lucy," she did sing,
"for all the happy 'bird' days that you bring" ... xo
 
judith meskill
 
please join me in wishing my sweet sister, lucy a happy birthday today! xo

"... Of Nature I shall have enough
When I have entered these
Entitled to a Bumble bee's
Familiarities ..."
 
Emily Dickinson

"... NATURE rarer uses yellow
Than another hue;
Saves she all of that for sunsets,-
Prodigal of blue,
 
Spending scarlet like a woman,
Yellow she affords
Only scantly and selectly,
Like a lover's words ..."
 
Emily Dickinson

and while we pledge our hearts belong to jan,
and we do send our hearts when ere we can,
tis also true, our hearts belong to mim,
and with this love our lives do surely brim ... xo

judith meskill
 
we are sooooooo going to miss you too on our trip to cape may , dear mim! we will keep you in our hearts, always, and collect a bajillion wonderful images for you!!! (and for julie , and for lydia - also both missed on our trip this year! xo)

magnolia tree does grace my eyes, so fair,
her scent does waft so soft, upon the air,
with blossoms that do fill my heart, with smiles,
and spread from me to you, across these miles ... xo
 
judith meskill

"... the inundation of the spring
submerges every soul,
it sweeps the tenement away
but leaves the water whole.
in which the soul, at first alarmed,
seeks furtive for its shore,
but acclimated, gropes no more
for that peninsular ..."
 
Emily Dickinson
music credit: Ehma , La plage de Blâne-est