The Poet Goes to Indiana by Mary Oliver
I'll tell you a half-dozen things that happened to me in Indiana when I went that far west to teach. You tell me if it was worth it. I lived in the country with my dog— part of the bargain of coming. And there was a pond with fish from, I think, China. I felt them sometimes against my feet. Also, they crept out of the pond, along its edges, to eat the grass. I'm not lying. And I saw coyotes, two of them, at dawn, running over the seemingly unenclosed fields. And once a deer, but a buck, thick-necked, leaped into the road just-oh, I mean just, in front of my car— and we both made it home safe. And once the blacksmith came to care for the four horses, or the three horses that belonged to the owner of the house, and I bargained with him, if I could catch the fourth, he, too, would have hooves trimmed for the Indiana winter, and apples did it, and a rope over the neck did it, so I won something wonderful; and there was, one morning, an owl flying, oh pale angel, into the hay loft o...
Flying pigs are my favorite- been collecting them for years- but what does that say about the runners?
ReplyDeleteSo when it's done, they can say that the swine flew?
ReplyDeleteexcellent:>) I'll let you know if the newscasters are as witty. I'm betting they're not.
ReplyDeleteHey, you know how to party too.
ReplyDeleteDebra-LOLOLOL. Very good!
ReplyDeletemmmmmmm...bacon. enjoy your sunday, jack c
ReplyDeleteI personally don't understand this need - but if it does it for you - than go for it. May the best person win.
ReplyDeleteWe're having our big Bloomsday race here in Spokane. My son is doing it, but I am much better at carb loading than I am at actually running, so I'm staying home.
ReplyDeletethe carbo loading sounds more fun, for sure...
ReplyDeleteBring on the carbs...
ReplyDeletethanks, you made me laugh (ah, the carbo loading!) And so did your commentors!
ReplyDeleteGood job, Debra, swine flew!!! I'm with Distracted and Kirti though, I think I prefer carbo loading...that is a race I could finish!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Thanks for the visit and encouragement; I'm humbled. :)
The Flying Novel H1N1 race just wouldn't have the same ring now would it?
ReplyDeleteAnd Debra, I heard NOT ONE newscaster say the swine flew at the race and I listened to the 6pm AND 11pm broadcasts. You are truly a comic genius:>)
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