Daily EarthPoem

Each weekday morning, Morning Earth subscribers receive by email a photo/poem which celebrates a gift from Earth. For several years poet John Caddy has been e-mailing healing images of the wild in photos and poems to some fifteen hundred classrooms and persons on five continents. These morning poems and photos are archived here, with clickable thumbnails. Subscribe Below.

Morning Earth Healing Images 2.8.2010

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A mouse in the winter night
does not know he is small,
but knows he is prey for all.
There are things that
leap and grab with teeth,
there are things that fall
out of night and clutch with feet
that grow their own teeth.
But a mouse needs to eat, to
wear down his teeth, so
he explores night bright
now with snow, still
less risk than day light.

His tail draws a groove
between paw prints.
His trail looks haphazard
as he races the night.
Sudden turns and breaks
are part of the game
of staying alive. Be quiet,
be quick, be capricious,
be ready to dive into snow.

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*Note: My photos are captured instants which I use to trigger memory. My short-term memory is damaged from stroke, and this is my adaptation. These are not illustrated poems, nor are they captioned photos. These Morning Earth Entries are a unity that replays an intense moment of direct sensory experience--and a bit of its nourishment.

~John Caddy

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