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Is it ignorance or wisdom?

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This poem makes us wonder what activity the ladies are involved in - just a hula dance? Some atavistic spring ritual? Some new age activity? Or a native cultural activity?
Although you idealize the sapling's activity, it's not clear how you feel about the dancers - and this fits the title. Although I like well-defined positions, your ambivalence and the query of the title is not leaving the question vague, but merely unanswered, which is OK. It might be a matter of opinion, or perhaps there is no answer, but I think it's a valid question. Much of the effort to reattach to our 'bliss' is artificial and silly, yet perhaps some of those seekers are brought closer to their goal.
The sentence about "rich dark earth" is especially vague, perhaps overly so. It suggests a return to nature, but the rooted part implies a lack of freedom. Perhaps that's your intention - to imply that there is no definite answer, that the search moves us both simultaneously closer and farther from our goal.

The style of writing is not remarkable, but the message definitely is engaging and interesting.

Alcuin

by Alcuin of York on Oct. 9 2007