John Caddy
Poetry Resources

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     Here are John's responses to several questions posed to him:

     It has never occurred to me to sell photographs, for I am no photographer.

     Since my stroke [1994], my short term memory recall has been impaired.  I use my photos to trigger my memories so I can recapture the moment.  In other words, I do not write from photographs, I write from the experienced moment that the photo tries to capture.  I am most pleased that others find merit in my photos, but my overriding interest is to call attention to and celebrate Earth's beauties and mysteries.  I find the "ordinary" quite extraordinary.  Celebrating that is how I heal myself. 

     My Morning Earth Entries (http://www.morning-earth.org) are intended to be taken as a whole, the photo, poem and comment working as one, a sort of haibun for the 21st century.  (A haibun is a Japanese form, a haiku surrounded by a prose context.)

     My website contains an archive, with photos, of all the Morning Earth poems, by month and year.  On the menu, click on Daily Poems.

     On the menu, if you click on Learn Ecology, you will find lots of things, but I recommend a little essay called "Mama Woodchuck and the Deep Image."

     You will find descriptions of John's four books at http://www.johncaddy.com.

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SUGGESTED READING
 

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As russet leaves sprawl down November air,

blue monkshood blooms, stubborn as a Jesuit,

cowled as of old but less modestly, for

monkshood in flower becomes lapis lazuli, as if

its roots pulled blues straight from Autumn sky.

 

      My monkshood is no doubt in too much shade.  There are no insects flying to pollinate these late glories, and no time to set seed.  The plant is deadly poisonous (aconite). I enjoy this confluence of beauty and deadliness; it is quite literary.