Hello Readers.
Happy Sunday to you. My theme for this post is “Finding a Lift from Nature”
First – some trees.
As many readers know, during May 2019 I am featuring some of Emily Dickinson’s poetry.
Archives are HERE
Today’s poem share is A Bird Came Down the Walk. The number for this poem is either 328 or 359, I have seen both. Maybe a reader knows which is correct.
This poem has two versions – Emily’s original and then a second “fair” version, which has slight changes in punctuation ( I guess the first version has the bird as cautious and the second version depicts the poet as cautious – and isn’t this so cool – how small changes can sometimes lead to different points).
Here are some harvested thoughts about this poem.
The Lens-Artists Photo Challenge theme this week is “street art”
I took this street art shot while driving (as a passenger) so the quality is not the best.
However, this art fits with Emily’s poem so well – The beautiful hands – flying away of the birds – and then there are flowers and life all around. There is even a butterfly to the right – so this really seems to sync with A Bird Came Down the Walk poem’s ending:
“he unrolled his feathers, and rowed him softer home than oars divide the ocean. Too silver for a seam – or butterflies, off banks of noon – leap, plashless as they swim.”
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This post made me smile. I love Emily Dickinson, I love nature. I love the photos. Thank you
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Thank you for the nice comment – 🌼🌸☀️
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I get a lift from nature, too. 🙂 I love the idea of putting art on electrical or other boxes. There’s one near us and I saw a number in Philadelphia. A different sort of street art, but one that’s I really like.
janet
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Hi Janet – I can still imagine you “forest bathing” so I know you love your nature – and regarding street art – there is some around our city that I do not like – and so I don’t take pictures of it
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Emily Dickinson and street art are two ideas I’d not think to combine in a post, yet it works. Street art may not be nature, but there’s a lift to be had when I see it. 😉
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Thanks and glad ithe art gave a bit of a lift – and my connection with the street art was really the way the birds were leaving – and the ending of her poem is supposed to be noted for that grand last stanza with flight being compared to aquatic fluidity – and while I get that part – do you know my favorite part of the poem is actually the middle:
“And then he drank a dew
From a convenient grass
And then hopped sidewise to the wall
To let a better pass”
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Very clever combination of poem and art Yvette – excellent!
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Many thanks Tina
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You are so clever!!! Such an interesting post — thank you for sharing!
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Thanks so much for reading and hope you have a nice week ☀️
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I am wondering what to interpret the painting. IMO, bird is symbolizes freedom. That seems to be something along this.
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YC – I have no idea and thanks for even thinking of interpreting it. And I think freedom could apply.
I also thought of maybe two people might have died and the two birds were for them…
or when Prince died – this was erected for him – “when doves fly” – I mean “cry”
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Yes, that is a good point.
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I like the poem.
Happy Mother’s Day, P!
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Same to you R
😊💛☀️
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I’ve always liked Emily Dickinson’s poetry, nature and street art – the latter two combined into one make a great combination – very powerful art with the hands releasing the doves. You’re right, the pair of satellite dishes do look out of place here!
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Hi linda – I did not really notice the satellite dishes when I took the photo last fall – or I would have gotten them in better – and I wish I had a better photo of the bands releasing the doves – the fingers on the right hand seem to have interest with the bending – or perhaps it was the distortion of movement – thanks for the nice comment
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You’re welcome Yvette and I am amazed sometimes that I take photos and don’t notice things until I get home and upload them, then wonder how I missed something going on. We are caught up in the moment. The hands releasing the doves was very beautiful.
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I do enjoy getting a lift from nature. And, I enjoy poetry, so win win today. Thanks!.
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Well I knew about your enjoyment of nature but I thought you were “not really” into poetry – so I learned something new about ya Dan…(and I guess for many of us it depends on the form of poetry – I do not enjoy all types – some is painful)
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I enjoy poetry, Yvette, and I follow several poets. I don’t enjoy writing poetry, although, my friends sometimes force me to do so.
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Lovely combination between poetry and art. Nicely done.
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Thanks so much Anita – I was not sure where I was going when I started the post – and it somehow found itself – ha…. have a nice day
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I find when writing that it happens that way sometimes.
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Great combination of arts and freedom of expression thanks for sharing my friend 🙂
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Thanks for dropping by jake – and I like your this day in history posts – 😉
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welcome ..Thank you my friend 🙂
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Great street art finds Yvette 🙂
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😊
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I love your integration of art and poetry, Yvette. Emily’s poems are wonderful, aren’t they? Such clean and spare prose and so concise.
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Hi Patti – thanks for the nice comment – and you described her work very well.
I find that I like some of her poem parts that the scholars do not mention – ha –
so maybe another mark of her content is there is some different flavors for different readers
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We saw her home in the fall. She was such a private person, so it was fascinating to get some glimpses into her life.
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Excellent combination for your post, Yvette!
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Thanks – ☀️
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I enjoyed Emily Dickinson’s poems and your thoughts about it. The images are also beautiful. Thank you.
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Thanks a lot – I am exploring her work this month and it is nice seeing what I like versus what some of the scholars argue is best – ha
– have a nice day
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A valuable exercise.
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Wow! Love the mural. It is beautiful.
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😊thx
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You’ve woven together these photo challenges perfectly with your Emily Dickinson feature. Thank you for the lift!
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My pleasure and thanks for dropping by Lisa ☀️
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Uplifting post
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Love your street shots!
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Thanks
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Beautifully done, Yvette! Love both the street art and the poem. 🙂
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Thanks 😊
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Such beautiful art you found and what a lovely expressive poem!
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Thanks
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Love this line of yours: “Finding beauty in nature is a gift to those who pause long enough to experience it.”–Thanks for the Tuesday morning inspiration:)
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Thanks so much – 😉
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Nicely done, your post made me sway a bit on my walk today…Dear Emily and Dear you – thank you!
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De nada -;)
And thanks for the nice comment
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heartwarming thoughts & photos – many tx for posting, dear 🙂
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well thanks fro reading _ 🙂
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What a fabulous post!
I love Emily Dickinson & street art! Put them together: dynamite!
Thank you for sharing your insights into the poem, and illuminating it so beautifully with art!
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thanks for reading and I wish you a nice rest of your weekend 🙂
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A great match between the poem and the giant mural – both giving us a positive message
And it’s a pretty good shot, especially when driving past! Always a challenge to capture these huge pieces of art.
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Hi – thanks for the feedback – and if I had known i would use it in a post – I would have asked my partner to turn around (we had little time to spare and it would have worked) but I was just snapping away – and then when the poem and vibe seemed to fit the theme they picked – well – a drive by photo of a mural was used… it is what it is… ha –
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Nice and interesting. I wish we all can go through the nature with an appropriate mood…
robert
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