INTEREST
At the bank
it's what you get
without trying.
You just have to be there.
(monetarily)
At the (river)bank
it's what you get
without trying.
You just have to be there.
(open-mindedly)
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2015
Carol, at Carol's Corner, will join me again this year as often as possible.
Kimberley, at iWrite in Maine, is joining me this month.
Kay, at A Journey Through the Pages, is joining, too!
"Invisible Trails"
Steve, at inside the dog, is sharing his poems
in the comments at Poetrepository.
Heidi, at my juicy little universe, will join us when she can.
Linda, at TeacherDance, will join as often as she can.
Check the comments at A Year of Reading or Poetrepository for her poems.
Kevin (Kevin's Meandering Mind) is back this year,
leaving poetry trax in the comments.
Jone, at DeoWriter, is doing a "double L" challenge.
Open-mindedly, for sure! Love the punning on bank as a way to explore the difference in the meaning of the word, "interest!" What a fun way to play!!
ReplyDeleteHere's mine for today. Sort of a mediation on interest and how when you scratch beneath the surface there's all sorts of things you'd never imagine down there.
ReplyDeleteBelow the Surface
Blue whales are large, for sure,
but not the largest of living things,
though ask anyone and that’s the
first opinion offered; unless, the
giant sequoia, sometimes, if we
make it past our blindness toward
plants as living things. But even that
behemoth, towering 350 feet in the air
and wide enough to drive a car through
the very center, is dwarfed by
the mass of a simple fungus*
in Oregon, nearly two and a half
miles across and almost entirely
underground, except for all these
inconspicuous mushrooms that carpet
the ground when for whatever reasons
it decides the time is ripe to make
an appearance.
Who has not wondered, on a warm spring
night while looking at the stars,
whether things are more connected
than they appear, whether what we see is
not what we get, but something
much larger and more beautiful
than we can imagine?
* Here’s a story about that fungus, if you are interested.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141114-the-biggest-organism-in-the-world
Yes, indeed. Especially the last stanza. And this: "if we
Deletemake it past our blindness toward
plants as living things."
The article is fascinating. What I want to know is, who is the mother of this organism?
...and if we have a blindness about plants, how much blinder are we to fungus?!?!?
DeleteToday's the perfect day to withdraw some riverbank savings--bright and sunny!
ReplyDeleteI'll need to spend some time later with that fungus story!
I love your juxtaposition of the two kinds of interest, Mary Lee. And the "Below The Surface" is a question we ask often in class. My students often talk about the possibilities of exploration in the stars as they grow up. My poem today is more pragmatic, life lesson perhaps?
ReplyDeleteinterest - not
eyes glazed
becoming dazed
working through
my taxes
nothing seems clear
of all that I hear
of IRS rules
for taxes
thought twas a joke
then I awoke
to hear my debt
to taxes
next time I’ll make
my interest take
increasing love
in taxes
Linda Baie © All Rights Reserved
Mary, love, love, love. It's rained here all week (not complaining) but would love to walk along the bank (river) if I had some sunshine or the bank (monetarily) if I had any money. *wink* Thanks for coming by my blog.
ReplyDeleteHee hee!
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