Friday, March 11, 2011

For Japan

Bouquet with White Lilies in a Japanese Vase
Odilon Redon, Oil on canvas, c. 1900  

 Lacrimosa

Clarion crystal orbs
Caught on the precipice

Fragile as the being
From which they spring

Reflecting the ache
Refracted from the soul

They topple
Then shatter

Crashing down
Crystal begets crystal
                                
                                                      Jo Floyd Lucas

 
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14 comments:

  1. VickiMarch 11, 2011 at 7:57 AM

    Wow, just perfect...no words...just healing thoughts and prayers in the earthquake and tsunami's path...

    xoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxox

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  2. PondsideMarch 11, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    Frightening news to hear on waking up. The world is too small for us not to be terribly touched by this.

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  3. UnknownMarch 11, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    You have expressed a beautiful sentiment, Jo. Healing thoughts and prayers across the Pacific today. xoxo

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  4. Winston RileyMarch 11, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    We all stand by, with nervous anticipation, to learn more about the harm and destruction at ground zero. Your poetry is fragile and beautiful, and speaks to the mystery of life itself.

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  5. JoMarch 11, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    I was once in a tsunami when I was a little girl. It was frightening, and very loud. The town I lived in, on the edge of the Pacific Ocean on Vancouver Island, was devastated. The tsunami went through the Pacific Ocean.

    We can only pray for the people in Japan. It would seem the ring of fire area is acting up -- first New Zealand and now Japan.

    (Odilon Redon is my favourite painter.)

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  6. JoMarch 11, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    Thanks so much, Vicki.

    xoxoxo

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  7. JoMarch 11, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    You are so right, Pondie.

    Hope your coastline is spared.

    xoxo

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  8. JoMarch 11, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    Thanks so much, Linda...the more we hear, the more prayers are needed.

    xoxo

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  9. JoMarch 11, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    Thank you for the kind words, Dubby. Happy to hear from you today.
    xoxo

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  10. JoMarch 11, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    Jo, one of the stations (CNN?) played a video of the tsunami with sound, and I was struck by the noise of it. How terrifying.

    Yes, the Ring of Fire appears to have awakened with a vengeance. Let's hope it doesn't last long.

    (so glad you appreciated the Redon)

    Thanks for coming to see me.
    xoxo

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  11. Reya MellickerMarch 11, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    Holy cow. How did you know?

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  12. stevenMarch 11, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    the stretched crystal forms that become objects and then relationships and then communities and then infrastructure are so strong and then so fragile. so very vulnerable japan..... oh so much fear and sadness there. i cannot beleieve the sudden almost capricious destruction. i am holding them in my heart along with the new zealanders and the haitians. steven

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  13. JoMarch 12, 2011 at 12:20 AM

    Reya, I have no idea. The poem came to me several weeks ago, and I wondered why. This morning when I heard the news, I knew.

    As you say, bloody hell. xoxo

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  14. JoMarch 12, 2011 at 12:22 AM

    Thank you, Steven. It does seem capricious.

    Yes, we need to hold them all in our hearts.
    xoxo

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