Nov. 23 Fieldwork
Fieldwork The earth opens a lost notebook pressed flowers broken shells. Everything goes on unfolding. ancient folklore of rocks, riverbeds the old ghosts talk talk talk hand over the torn,...
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I like how this poem swings from image to assessment. The earth of the field opening, followed by "every thing goes on / unfolding", the crusted coin followed by "The method's part of the art", and...
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Wonderful first stanza, and unfolding here. Good choice of title, too. I especially like the old ghosts talk talk talk enjoyed sarah
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Love the whole thing, the title to end, the way arceology of the earth transmutes or expands into digging down into something more -- the psyche, personal history, human history. Especially like this:...
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am enamoured of this idea of the Earth as doing fieldwork. and keeping Her notebook. The title works so well!
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I love the idea of the digging being as important as the finding. So true in so many aspects of life.
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Agree with others on this. Love the idea of the lost notebook with so many odds and ends in it. I have piles of notebooks like that myself from when I do my own "field work." Nice one.
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really enjoyed JudySwann's commentary, too! what do you think about changing lost for loose? It's more messy, less expected, maybe.
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Not sure. Will think on it. Maybe a dash after opens. I didn't mean it to say that the earth opens a notebook, rather that the earth is the notebook.
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