tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599254692274861744.post1783619830465689160..comments2017-07-27T20:34:23.550-07:00Comments on Keep Rolling: Day 9 Tom near Leggett, CAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7599254692274861744.post-26159081837525206182010-04-24T17:00:24.668-07:002010-04-24T17:00:24.668-07:00Here is a poem for you Tommy:
I was thinking you&...Here is a poem for you Tommy:<br /><br />I was thinking you'd enjoy this having biked through the big trees, and being such a poet.<br /><br />"Seeing in silence:<br />never the same twice..."<br /><br />Here is the whole poem to READ OUT LOUD<br /><br />What Have I Learned<br /><br />by Gary Snyder<br /><br />What have I learned but<br />the proper use for several tools?<br /><br />The moments<br />between hard pleasant tasks<br /><br />To sit silent, drink wine,<br />and think my own kind<br />of dry crusty thoughts.<br /><br />—the first Calochortus flowers<br />and in all the land,<br />it's spring.<br />I point them out:<br />the yellow petals, the golden hairs,<br />to Gen.<br /><br />Seeing in silence:<br />never the same twice,<br />but when you get it right,<br /><br />you pass it on.<br /><br />"What Have I Learned" by Gary Snyder from Axe Handles. © Shoemaker Hoard, 1983.Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07078337473593123064noreply@blogger.com