Tuesday, January 15, 2013

fooled

this willow
whose feet are dug in 
a drainage 
closeby
has chosen to risk it all
on the possibility of
spring.
it is january 15 in the north country.
this is unheard of.
and yet we have heard this:
global warming is/is not
and the willow
she takes a huge risk. 
 this is the water 
that keeps her feet wet
during much of the year,
and after rain
 across the road, 
it's icing up again
as winter argues with spring
hard to believe that a week ago
the snow was thighhigh
this tall willow
she has such heart
to try to bloom
in january.
or 
she is a fool,
or i am the fool.

22 comments:

  1. ... maybe the most foolish of all are those that govern without a thought to seventh generation into the future... reminds me of the cartoon - 'what if climate change is a hoax and we create a better world for nothing.....'

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  2. oh, ronnie, i love that comic. perfect.

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  3. Ha... well, I'm with the willow, confused... my feet are wet and my tires are slugging through deep, muddy ruts as if it were April.

    Ronnie- LOVE that cartoon!

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  4. that willow is tough and just maybe if humans got out of the way everything else would survive. I'm with Ronnie - let's create a better world - and celebrate.

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  5. And here in Australia's midsummer, two of my maple trees are in their autumn colour, with leaves falling as if it were autumn.

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  6. Valerie and jean! we'll start a movement! oz and canada and new hampshire(where they live free or die) unite!

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  7. oh, colleen, that's happened here before. it's too crazy.

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  8. Oh agree with Ronnie! Poor willow...

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  9. maybe it's just a taster to find out, a front runner to test the air. But i like the idea of creating a beter world just in case.....

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  10. cait, yes. i was really surprised.
    joanna, oh, sometimes...
    kaite, yes, i think we must.

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  11. GO WILLOW! We are all trying to hang in there, and there's no reason why a willow in the midst of nowhere shouldn't do it too. I hope, Velma, the sun meets your willow's hopes!

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  12. ...my pussywillow has catkins also!

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  13. yes wonderful words - thank you for expressing it this way

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  14. Beautiful and profound words...global warming or not nature always has the last word!

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  15. yep, it's adapt, migrate or die.
    note the spelling.

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  16. faisal, i like that, we're all trying to hang in there.
    jenny, yikes!
    clare, thank you
    jill, yes, indeed
    jude, yes
    neki, rats, not dye.

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  17. Wow - wonderful foolery!! Fantastic images - thanks for the view!! Awesome!!

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