Neighborhood Infusions
These are my favorite neighborhoods,
the out-of-the way bits
guarded by ancient oaks,
and here and there, distinguished with
a friendly fence someone recently painted-
not white, but with an infusion of color: lavender
to grace the red-to-orange geraniums
in terra-cotta pots
that hang out on the other side.
I like the histories: The foot trail wide
and so well-worn
that runs along a stream
and leads back, in human-time,
to seventeen and ninety-four
to a Cherokee
who walked this way, like me,
but then it was a narrow trading path.
And if I turn my head just-so as I meander,
a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak or a
Scarlet Tanager, or a
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, or a
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, or even a
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
may call out in the same song
my fellow traveler heard so long ago
and, with this particular infusion of "color"
bridge two hundred years and more,
so we can meet.
Now the days are wrapped in bone-cold chill,
the mountain mists press down upon my rooftop.
Should others cover up in blankets or in scarves
hand-woven in grey and purple and plaid,
I will not. I have seen how muses paint
in shades of true.
I will relish the first bite of winter
bare-headed, though bald I am,
immerse myself in an array
of hues and never-ending colorful infusions.
And I shall greet each passer-by
with at nod that says,
"All's Well!"
for Jack and Ginny
~^~ jA Narrin, Wind-in-the-Feather Asheville, NC, The Spirit Ridge Collection Asheville, 2009
for healing a THANKSGIVING
Photo taken at Hickory Nut Forest,
Eco-community, as I walked the trail.
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I will relish the first bite of winter
bare-headed, though bald I am...
You've captured the spirit of those great neighborhoods in Asheville...
Foot paths that wind through the countryside. Slowly disappearing. Where will the children play? I feel that this may someday be the downfall of America.
Hair? Hmmmm... hair is for folks with ugly heads! lol! At least that is what I tell myself as I get older and my beautiful head exposes itself to the world!
JaneAnne: you captured in apoetical way the Ashville spirit...and why shouldn't all be well as you live in one of the great cities in the US. AS you know it is about attitude and winter does not stop the right attitude.
JaneAnne,
When we talk with visitors from Mexico, one theme that usually comes up is that there are no people walking around in our city. Good job on the post!
Mike in Tucson
THANKS to y'all for your comments...