Saturday, October 25, 2008

Bush Fire!



 

BUSH FIRE!

Bush fire! Nothing remaining
But charred and blackened stumps,
Ravaged gum-trees huddling
In sooty funereal clumps.
But, overhead, a wild bird
Sees just a touch of green.
Soon leaves will grace the branches
And hide where the fire has been.
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16 comments:

  1. Bear NakedOctober 25, 2008 at 7:06 AM

    Brenda
    I never knew that information about the gum tree regenerating through fire.
    Thanks for the educating post today.

    Bear((( )))

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  2. anthonynorthOctober 26, 2008 at 12:49 AM

    Bush fires do seem terrible things. But as I understand it, nature quite often needs such disasters to thrive and renew itself.
    Hard on those living close though.

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  3. Beth CampOctober 26, 2008 at 3:44 AM

    Thank you for stopping by. I browsed through your three blogs and enjoyed them immensely for the creativity and positive spirit that shines forth. And I'll be making your Bredie this weekend. Keep writing and celebrating life.

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  4. TMTWOctober 26, 2008 at 5:10 AM

    I agree with Bear.

    Your poety paints pictures in the mind as it educates. It's refreshing!

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  5. Linda JacobsOctober 26, 2008 at 6:30 AM

    But, overhead, a wild bird
    Sees just a touch of green.

    I love these lines of hope!

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  6. AnonymousOctober 26, 2008 at 11:52 AM

    Who would have thought there would be a bird's eye view, too! Phoenix, without doubt. This little 5"x7" form was extracted from a larger woodcut. The image was experimentally transferred to a sensitized solar plate - which means that the plate is not bitten by acid, but by exposure to the sun. Recently, it was accepted to be shown in a large exhibit, hung salon style, at the NY National Arts Club, called The Art of Democracy. For this theme it is called Border Patrol. Brenda's rimes are so wonderfully apt whichever way she chooses to look at it. Anyone who can figure out which way up sparks the artist's title, Border Patrol, will win an original print with the preferred poem handwritten by Rinkly herself. There are five copies available if this no brainer starts a fire of interest! MG

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  7. KateFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    You've captured the persistence of Mother Nature and the renewing properties of fire so succinctly!

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  8. Old EggFebruary 28, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    It is always comforting to know that after a bushfire in Australia the eucalypt trees will regenerate. Whereas the introduced European trees they are gone!

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  9. UnknownFebruary 28, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    I can so relate. Several years ago the mountains surrounding my home blazed.As ash-fall carpeted my garden, roof and upturned face, I kept watch for any change of winds.

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  10. Granny SmithFebruary 28, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    This is a lovely hopeful poem. I saw a city rise again after the Oakland, California, fire of several years ago and the blackened fields turn green again.

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  11. LilibethFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    I like the hope written into this beautiful poem.

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  12. Josie Two ShoesFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    A poem of life, death, and rebirth, told in a simple and straight forward way. A good read!!

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  13. Jae RoseMarch 1, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    Lovely use of the prompt..that fire also brings hope and new life..Jae

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  14. AltonianMarch 1, 2011 at 4:27 AM

    The Phoenix syndrome strikes again - thank goodness!

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  15. ererMarch 1, 2011 at 6:00 AM

    I like the fact that this poem talks about hope, even after the supposedly worst has happened. Kudos to you!

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  16. TraceyMarch 4, 2011 at 2:26 AM

    "...soon the leaves will grace the branches." Love this; just as it applies to life after fire, it also applies to life emerging after a brutal snowy/icy winter. Good stuff!

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