So many great thoughts and images in this post, Katie. I love your writing. And that poem is gorgeous too.
May I share my description of the moon over Tall el Hammam the first time I went there? From Discovering the City of Sodom.
Every visitor should come to the Dead Sea at night the first time. Going down into the valley of deadness, every driver tap, tap, taps his brakes. A persimmon-colored moon looks like a hand cupped to the sky, asking for rain. Across the water, the lights of Israel flicker.
Water bottles cringe and collapse. Everything inclines toward and yields to the loss of altitude. In the distance, the hotels are outposts of green and fluorescence along the shore of the great silver lake.
Oh please do share that. Your description of that landscape is quite stunning. Love this: "A persimmon-colored moon looks like a hand cupped to the sky, asking for rain."
I don't think Ted is on Substack. He's on Facebook. See if you can send him a friends request. I know his poems greet me first thing Sunday morning and are a treat. His book Raft is a collection of many of the poems he's published.
Thank you for your warm support of my writing. I can't tell you how much that means and how encouraging you've been.
Walks are good for so, so many things! The story of your neighbor’s horse is very touching. It reminds me of a chapter in the book Adventures with Waffles. What to do with horses as an owner ages is often such a painful question.
Yes on what to do with horses when we age. Calamity was bought as a pet for his wife. They were both elderly. What a good horse. She fell asleep last year.
I am 69 and very aware of my age. My mare is 16. So that is a question for us too. She has some health issues. Our other mare died a few years ago, and I just can’t bring in another horse to keep her company… at any rate thank you for reading.
So many great thoughts and images in this post, Katie. I love your writing. And that poem is gorgeous too.
May I share my description of the moon over Tall el Hammam the first time I went there? From Discovering the City of Sodom.
Every visitor should come to the Dead Sea at night the first time. Going down into the valley of deadness, every driver tap, tap, taps his brakes. A persimmon-colored moon looks like a hand cupped to the sky, asking for rain. Across the water, the lights of Israel flicker.
Water bottles cringe and collapse. Everything inclines toward and yields to the loss of altitude. In the distance, the hotels are outposts of green and fluorescence along the shore of the great silver lake.
Oh please do share that. Your description of that landscape is quite stunning. Love this: "A persimmon-colored moon looks like a hand cupped to the sky, asking for rain."
Also, how can I read Kooser's poetry too? He's not on Substack? Just on FB?
I don't think Ted is on Substack. He's on Facebook. See if you can send him a friends request. I know his poems greet me first thing Sunday morning and are a treat. His book Raft is a collection of many of the poems he's published.
Thank you for your warm support of my writing. I can't tell you how much that means and how encouraging you've been.
Really, Really beautiful, Katie, thank you!
Thank you so very much.
Walks are good for so, so many things! The story of your neighbor’s horse is very touching. It reminds me of a chapter in the book Adventures with Waffles. What to do with horses as an owner ages is often such a painful question.
Yes on what to do with horses when we age. Calamity was bought as a pet for his wife. They were both elderly. What a good horse. She fell asleep last year.
I am 69 and very aware of my age. My mare is 16. So that is a question for us too. She has some health issues. Our other mare died a few years ago, and I just can’t bring in another horse to keep her company… at any rate thank you for reading.