CLEARING

(1977)

For Dan Wickenden

 

 

 

 

What has been spoiled through man’s fault can be

made good again through man's work. I Ching

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Handles are shining where my life has passed.

My fields and walls are aching

in my shoulders. My subjects are my objects:

house, barn, beast, hill, and tree.

Reader, make no mistake. The meanings

of these must balance against their weight.