A rich and elegant collection in which the author fuses his reverence for our natural environment with his desire to deepen his understanding of humanity. Poems in this collection flow from one captured moment in nature to another, anticipating a "deeper seeing" and greater sensitivity to the cycle of life and death. Regional in nature but broad in scope, this collection will appeal to all readers who share the author’s profound respect and appreciation for our natural environment.
Forgiveness
The snow is falling and all the world’s news drags
behind me like cord wood or reconciliation.
I see a light across the creek, a window where a man
and a woman sit at a table, too weary to speak of the day.
How long before words are spoken?
In their silence they shift their bodies more slowly than life:
he scratches an itch under his collar. Sewing a button
to work shirt; she snips the thread with her teeth.
What is needed, a lie, a prayer or both?
We always sense the earth in our bodies. Even frozen
we open it for one remembered, for long forgotten. Soon the man
will take up the bones and play his clattering hurt.
I will walk back to you, and I will speak or be stopped by exhaustion,
the way snow in its slow resistance stops everything.
Near midnight, in a silent room, with all I know, of forgiveness.
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