As summer squash
in the blackberry pancake
with ginger and butter by
coffee and the library book,
not overdue, as I had thought;
As copper impurity
in fusing golden rings,
was sized the circular perfection
of Jesus poured
As the earth is Eternity's golden fuse.
This poem changed a lot between yesterday and today, but it was difficult. It came from a lunch combination that I wanted to share, as well as from some inspiring information about gold, that I learned through the amazing enthusiasm of artist and metal smith, David Lovegrove. You may view his work on http://eloquentjewel.com. "Expansion" is attempting to communicate my thought that the earth is like the copper impurity in the gold ring of eternity. I think I successfully communicated that, but in all of the changes tinkering with the poem yesterday, I got the berries wrong!
This morning I remembered that the lunch pancake I had made had BLACKBERRIES with yellow summer squash, ginger and butter, not blueberries. I think blueberries might not taste as good with summer squash and ginger. Blackberries do. Maybe you'd like the combination, too.
Posted by nancy at July 17, 2009 11:32 AM