In this mew year, and techno-revolving world plush with nature deficit disorder, or other incarnations thereof, I can only say that people like Snyder continue to provide a deep baritone of direction in this fog-mugged disorder of modern life. So, yes, this is going to be a good year. A good year.
Looking at Pictures to be Put Away - by Gary Snyder
Who was this girl
In her white night gown
Clutching a pair of jeans
On a foggy redwood deck.
She looks up at me tender,
Calm, surprised,
What will we remember
Bodied thick with food and lovers
After twenty years.
