4.09.2013

earth to Earth

Bust wide
sealed-shut windows!
Breathe in the off-gas of
corpusculent earth, teeming with
crawlers!

A little cinquain for Words Count With Mama Zen, inspired by the scientific illustrations of Maria Sibylla Merian. (Also poem nine of 30 in April, National Poetry Month.)
Posted by Marian at 10:54 AM
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24 comments:

  1. Yoiks! No way am I going to open THAT window! A visceral nugget of truth this morning, Miss Marian :)hee hee

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  2. Corpusculent! Now that is the perfect word to describe the swollen abdomen and fruit! Those teeming crawlers are welcome to their own environment on the other side of my windows!

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    1. i'm not even sure it IS a word but WHATEVER!

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  3. Very cool! This is so full of energy!

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  4. I do like that smell. You've captured the desire to let it all flow!

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  5. Goddamn Spring bugs. Stop making them sound cute :)

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  6. Scary, but a great write, Marian!
    K

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  7. Love it,,,that's what happens here at the cabin when winter's windows are set free,,,

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  8. Hell, yeah, let 'em in. As long as they aren't really big, hairy spiders... or bats (I know, they eat the mosquitos, but still...) or orange "fake" ladybugs! Or wasps, or...

    Know what? I take it all back. Double-screening this year, hee hee hee. But I do love daddy long-legs and the proper red ladybugs, which, when found in the home, are a sign of good luck.

    Beautiful cinquain, and special kudos for spelling the word "teeming" correctly! Good on you. Amy

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  9. Counting down the days till I can bust open my windows ... don't have crawlers to deal with ~ we have lava dust!!

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  10. corpusculent earth - wonderful

    I can't imagine in this freezing spring of ours that we'll ever experience this again, but I.know we will and I'll be complaining about the little critters

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  11. Much as I love the fresh air, I once made the mistake of opening my window to a newly hatched nest of spiders. Yuck. Spider babies crawling all over!

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  12. I love that word, "teeming," just the one to use!! Great one, Marian! :)

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  13. EWWWWWWWWWWW bugs!!!!

    runzzzzzzzz

    (but I liked it) :-)

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  14. I love that teeming soil! I suspect, I love it more than you do! ;-0

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  15. I love the teeming earth! It's the snakes that cause me pause.

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  16. No to crawlers, but yes to opening of windows ~ Love the cinquian ~

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  17. screens.. yes screens are what allows me to open my windows here in the south :) Spring does BUST out, doesn't it?

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  19. Damn bugs....this gave me the creeps...lol. Just found a scorpion in my pool, its that time of year. Great job.

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  20. Bugs amaze me, but at a distance. :)

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  22. I loved having a few open window days... bugs and all!

    The spider who found its way into my water bottle not included.

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    1. i don't know about you, but i keep opening the windows and then putting on more layers. chilly chilly!

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