Jean, I LUV the selection of poetry you include on this list. In this horribly hot summer climate where it was 107oF a few days, ago, one can almost feel the damp coolness of the British Isles where beautiful gardens abound. Maisie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 2009-05-20 13:17 Subject: [Irish Genealogy] Paddy GLAVIN -- "Climber" (contemp.) > CLIMBER > > All summer the clematis > wilted in a container > > The trefoil leaves were pale > their roots repressed in silence. > > Until a climber was planted out > back - filled with dark earth. > > Shoots discovered > new found space > > growing with energy from suns > an awareness of moons. > > Now the faint-scented > pink and white flowers > > are dancing in the sky, > foliage spread benignly > > camouflaging > the grey of winter > > looking ahead > to layering in spring. > > -- Paddy Glavin > "Seeing the Wood and the Trees," ed. Rowley & Haughton, Cairde Na Coille, > Forest Friends Ireland/Rowan Tree Press ( 2003). > > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb website at: http://www.irelandgenweb.com/ > > Great place to get help with your family research. > > County Clare has been adopted! > > Help wanted: County Coordinators > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELANDGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I always love to read Jean's emails. I have kept many of them over the years. She is so thoughtful to send them in. Deanne ----- Original Message ----- From: Maisie Egger To: irelandgenweb@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [Irish Genealogy] Paddy GLAVIN -- "Climber" (contemp.) Jean, I LUV the selection of poetry you include on this list. In this horribly hot summer climate where it was 107oF a few days, ago, one can almost feel the damp coolness of the British Isles where beautiful gardens abound. Maisie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <IrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 2009-05-20 13:17 Subject: [Irish Genealogy] Paddy GLAVIN -- "Climber" (contemp.) > CLIMBER > > All summer the clematis > wilted in a container > > The trefoil leaves were pale > their roots repressed in silence. > > Until a climber was planted out > back - filled with dark earth. > > Shoots discovered > new found space > > growing with energy from suns > an awareness of moons. > > Now the faint-scented > pink and white flowers > > are dancing in the sky, > foliage spread benignly > > camouflaging > the grey of winter > > looking ahead > to layering in spring. > > -- Paddy Glavin > "Seeing the Wood and the Trees," ed. Rowley & Haughton, Cairde Na Coille, > Forest Friends Ireland/Rowan Tree Press ( 2003). > > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb website at: http://www.irelandgenweb.com/ > > Great place to get help with your family research. > > County Clare has been adopted! > > Help wanted: County Coordinators > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELANDGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message Check out the Ireland GenWeb website at: http://www.irelandgenweb.com/ Great place to get help with your family research. County Clare has been adopted! Help wanted: County Coordinators ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRELANDGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Where do you live Maisie? Must be very uncomfortable. Mary >