{"id":1804,"date":"2009-05-30T04:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-30T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2009-05-30T04:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-30T04:14:00","slug":"i-take-your-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2009\/05\/30\/i-take-your-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"I take your hand&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/3571805988\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3312\/3571805988_cc238626a4.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/> <span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/3571805988\/\">wet gerber daisy<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/pilgrimgirl\/\">pilgrimgirl<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\"> One of my joys is to have books of poetry stashed on nearby shelves, just perfect for grabbing and reading a few poems when the time is at hand.  Yesterday&#8217;s book was <i>The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde<\/i>, a book that I first happened upon at the Bluestocking Bookstore in NYC, but didn&#8217;t buy until later because I feared it&#8217;s weight would be too much in my slim carry-on bag.<\/p>\n<p>One of yesterday&#8217;s discoveries was a poem about gardening and hope, titled &#8220;Walking Our Boundaries.&#8221;  I suspect that only I could be so charmed by a poem that speaks of compost (yes, it is all-too poetic, in my mind).  An excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>I take your hand beside the compost heap<br \/>glad to be alive and still<br \/>with you<br \/>we talk of ordinary articles<br \/>with relief<br \/>while we peer upward<br \/>each half-afraid<br \/>there will be no tight buds started<br \/>on our ancient apple tree<br \/>so badly damaged by last winter&#8217;s storm<br \/>knowing<br \/>it does not pay to cherish symbols<br \/>when the substance<br \/>lies so close at hand<br \/>waiting to be held<br \/>your hand<br \/>falls off the apple bark<br \/>like casual fire<br \/>along my back<br \/>my shoulders are dead leaves<br \/>waiting to be burned<br \/>to life.<\/p>\n<p>The sun is watery warm<br \/>our voices<br \/>seem too loud for this small yard[&#8230;]<br \/>our footsteps hold this place<br \/>together<br \/>as our place<br \/>our joint decisions make the possible<br \/>whole<br \/>I do not know when<br \/>we shall laugh again<br \/>but next week<br \/>we will spade up another plot<br \/>for this spring&#8217;s seeding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>wet gerber daisy, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. 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