Thursday, May 9, 2013
Rain Song
We're getting a lot of rain these days.~Maybe this poem will help us to get through the rainy season.~~~~~
It isn't raining for me~It's raining daffodils; ~~~In every dimpled drop I see~Wild flowers on the hills.~~~
The clouds of gray engulf the day~And overwhelm the town;~~~It isn't raining rain to me, it's raining roses down.~~~~~
It isn't raining rain to me,~But fields of clover bloom,~Where any buccaneering bee~Can find a bed and room.~~~
A health unto the happy,~A fig for him who frets!~It isn't rainging rain to me,~ It's raining violets.
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I love this man's poem :-)
Sorry about your rainy spell. We had a rainy day last week and it made my scar and my daughter's broken clavicle ache like crazy.
Cube - I forgot to put Robert Loveman's name after his poem.
I see you know him.
This poem is so great because that is what spring rain is - it's raining flowers and green grass.
Everything is so green here and it's wonderful.
I didn't mean to complain about the rain - it's for a good purpose - not like autumn rain.
Sorry about the pain of your scar and your daughter's too.
Yes, I know the poem. My education didn't involve all science and math, but quite a bit of the arts and the humanities, too. I wanted a well rounded education... didn't want to be dull at parties ;-)
I'm glad you're getting a touch of spring where you live. I think people in colder climates appreciate spring a bit more than we Floridians because it's green all year long here.
Cube - We get more than a touch of spring here. There are so many flowering trees - although the blossoms of many of them have fallen now.
But it is so great to see how green and thick the lawns are and the trees are green too.
I'm glad it's beautiful where you live right now. I don't know where that is, but here, it's perpetual spring/summer all year long. Not good for my allergies, but a beautiful sight to behold.
Cube - I've always lived in the Midwest - where there are four definite seasons. Winter just makes you appreciate spring all the more. I guess I would have trouble getting used to the warmer weather all year round - maybe not.
Maybe I could get used to it.
The seven years I spent in Manhattan was enough four-seasons-weather for me. I've come to the conclusion that I'm a tropical flower and I much prefer the heat.
Cube - Manhattan isn't a good example of where to spend the four seasons - surrounded by buildings.
You have to be in a smaller town to really appreciate it.
I suppose I could get used to having warm weather year round - just like you. But that's not likely to happen for me. I'm here for the duration.
You're absolutely right about that. In the city you get all the cold weather and snow hassles, but none of the beautiful fall colors.
I believe humans have a large capacity to get used to anything, but it boils down to quality of life. I could live in a cold climate, but I know I'd be much happier in shorts and a t-shirt.
Cube - As much as you like to wear a t-shirt and shorts - I love to be in jeans and a fleece jacket.
Fall here is spectacular - the color of the trees is wonderful - until the leaves fall and then the bare braches until the green of spring.
The four seasons - I love it.
Aren't I poetic? : ]
I don't mind jeans and a fleece jacket when it's cold here. We do have our cold days and I'm the first one to dress warmly.
I've seen pictures of the spectacular fall colors. I can only imagine how beautiful it looks in real life.
Did you know it that you are a poet?
Cube - We do get some spectacular fall leaves in this part of the country. But one year we took a trip out east and the leaves in the northeast were amazing. Never see anything like it since.
Yes - I've written some poems. But like a tempermental artist I destroyed them when I showed them to my family and no one suggested that I have them published. : [
Do you like Emily Dickinson? My favorite poem is Renascence by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Surely you know that one. It's long.
My husband's family hails from New Hampshire and Cape Cod so we get some spectacular photos of the fall colors. I've never been up there during that season, but believe me, their summers are cold enough for me.
You shouldn't destroy what you write... it can be like 70's fashion that comes back into favor eventually. Remember the skinny jeans from the 80's... my girls argued with me that they'd never wear them, but they did.
Yes, I used to read Dickinson & St. Vincent Millay. It's been a while for me... I may have to revisit Renascence.
Cube - I had to read Renascence over and over to understand what it was about but now I have an idea what she was talking about.
It's an amazing poem.
I have my favorites of ED - but many of her poems I don't understand. I like them anyway.
When we took that trip to the Northeast and saw the fall colors it was great - until it rained - and brought the leaves down.
Then that was the end of it.
That's the thing about poetry... you have to read it a few times before the meaning becomes clear.
I used to read poetry in my youth when I had open-ended hours to read. I remember liking Anne Sexton's work, too.
My life is too full for that any more. With two college-aged daughters, two large dogs, three cats, and a husband, I don't have much free time.
Cube - I notice that you put your
husband after the dogs. :]
I'm not familiar with Anne Sexton - I'll have to google her.
When our daughters were in high school and college I remember how busy I was. Especially this time of year - with graduations, weddings and all of the related activities. I can understand how it is with you now.
And we had a medium-sized dog - too.
Lol. My husband is the biggest handful ;-)
Anne Sexton's work appealed to me a long time ago. I was in a different place back then.
I remember one year when my oldest graduated from high school and my youngest graduated from 8th grade. Two graduations, two masses, two of everything. It was a hectic time with us rushing to one event after another.
Now that they're both in college, it's calmed down a little.
Cube - I googled Anne Sexton - and I see that she was a troubled person. I didn't read any of her poems.
So your husband is a handful. You have a houseful with the two dogs and three cats! Wbat kind of dogs do you have? Ours was a mutt - the best kind.
She was such a sweet dog. Everyone liked her. I used to teach piano and after their lesson the students all had to go and pet her.
She took over a recliner in our family room. No one else sat in it be her. Her name was Lady.
Cube - Mr. Sue and I just got back from the movies - when you are retired you can go in the afternoon!
Saw The Great Gatsby - good one.
Anyway they had the trailer for the Star Trek film. I think it is called Into the Darkness. Don't know if you are interested in the current Star Trek series - I mean it doesn't have the Shatman in it.
Just thought I'd tell you.
Cube - Have I offened you in some way?
Or are you just busy.
I hope it's the latter.
Sue, I don't think you can offend me. I may not agree with some of your views, but I never take an honest difference of opinion personally. I think it makes for interesting conversation.
I'm sorry you were worried about it. I just find it hard to get to the computer during the weekends. You know the zoo I live in ;-)
That's out of the way, so let me get to your questions:
My dogs are a female German Shepherd, Elke, who weighs 104 lbs., and a female Doberman, Maxine, who weighs 57 lbs. They are big girls, especially Elke.
But I love mutts, too!
Lady sounds like a sweet dog and the queen of the house... well, at least the recliner ;-)
So you taught piano. That is interesting to me. When I was a kid, I was always told I had piano hands.
Sue, I have only been following the making of and the back story to ST: Into Darkness for about two years.
If I can't get someone to go with me, I will be the crazy lady sitting at the theater by herself. I'm a Trekkie and we do obsess about Trek.
Glad you and Mr. Sue enjoyed Gatsby. I read the book a long time ago and wonder how true to it the movie was.
Cube - I didn't read the book so I didn't know how closely the movie followed it.
I've been the crazy lady a number of times - going to the movies by myself - with only a couple of people in the whole theater.
I saw the first of the recent movies about Star Trek and thought it was good. I can't remember the name of it.
I am big on books. I have yet to find a movie that is better than the book. I'm still looking though...
I, too, have been the lone crazy lady at the theater myself, but I prefer to have some company. I will make it so.
BTW The first reboot Star Trek movie was imaginatively called Star Trek.
Cube - I am totally with you when you say that you cannot find a movie as good as the book.
Lord of the Rings comes close, but my imagination is more powerful than any director who's limited by time and money.
Cube - I never read LOTR - but I thought the movies were good.
Too bad you couldn't have helped them out some with your vivid imagination. : ]
It was a wonderful story and the director did a great job. When I read LOTR, the story in my mind's eye was pretty close to what I later saw on the screen.
Cube - Although I am not a LOTR fan like some - like you are a trekkie - I did thoroughly enjoy the movies. Peter Jackson did a good job on them.
We went to see the Hobbits when it came out - but I didn't think that one was as good as the others.
Did you see it?
No, never saw the Hobbits movie and never read the book either.
Cube - I don't know about the book - but the movie is not worth seeing. It was overdone as far as action goes and just wasn't even close to the other three.
Years ago, my husband pestered me to read LOTR and I did, but I drew the line at The Hobbit. I had too many books on my To Read List to waste time on that. My time is even more limited now.
Cube - I have much more time to read now that my girls are married with their own families and my husband is retired. I spend quite a lot of time reading right now.
Since we moved I haven't gotten into activities like I'd like to.
It will just take time to do that.
I hope you find what floats your boat. Life is better that way.
"Too many books and too little time" is the story of my life right now.
Although I did get some time poolside yesterday and read a novel featuring a serial killer. I like reading about criminal mischief. That floats my boat.
Cube - I have been reading biographical novels about the founding fathers. Mostly John Adams, John Quincy Adams and George Washington.
Also starting a novel Watership Down that I once read years ago.
Have you heard of it? It's about rabbits.
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