First entry: snow crow
January 30, 2007
Hello and welcome!!! This is a first post on the new website. What do you think? I'd love to hear what you think about this site. Please, have a click around and see what's here.
I gotta kick it out to Mr. Mike Gravel and his design team. A big thank you and a job well done! I am absolutely thrilled!!! Apparently, Mr. Gravel has reconsidered his retirement, and he will meet with new prospective clients. After a careful vetting (you have to have a clear vision) he will take on new projects. Prospective clients can contact Mr. Gravel at Michael Gravel. He will assess your proposal, and if it warrants his creative attention, he will fly in from Paris. Count yourself lucky if he produces your website!!!
So, for a first post, I thought, I would explain what this picture of the crow in the snow is all about. It appears on every page; it must be important. Has Trofimuk lost his mind? Sure, it’s a great picture, but what does it mean?
Well, I love the resilience, the stubbornness, the idea of quietly waiting out a storm. It reminds me of when I am out in the snow wearing my beret and the snow flakes stick--white on black – it’s one of my favourite things to tromp around in the woods with snow flakes on my beret. Reminds me of Louis Malles's wonderful movie "Au revoir, les enfants (1987)." Anyway, this poem is a response to a snow crow.
snow crow
crow perched in the willow –
snow pestering blackness.
It’s been coming down all day, and the crow
is still—is a paragon of temerity,
is stubborn and headstrong, and true.
He’s riding this storm out—staying still.
The crow does not think about
being happy, or sad. The crow
does not attempt to be in the moment –
to stay in the “now.” This crow
does not wish to be in Cuba at an all-inclusive
4.5-star resort, complete with armed guards
and swim-up bar. The crow certainly does not
think about death, or the meaninglessness of life
while fidgeting inside the edge of sleep at 3 a.m.
The crow does not want a Hummer, or a 60-inch
LCD high-def TV, or a 5,000 sq. foot house with
five bathrooms and a four-car garage. I bet
the crow does not even want this snow to end.
this morning, with weight on my shoulders like sorrow
I remember the crow in the snow
and smile.
3 Comments
1. rachel had this to say: Feb 02, 2007 ~ 16:50 ~ #
Love the new site Thomas! The photograph of the crow is beautiful and speaks even without your poetic words. I look forward to future postings!
take care
rachel
2. mary had this to say: Feb 02, 2007 ~ 22:59 ~ #
thomas, i love your website. it is beautiful, like your writing. mary