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Coyote Fence In Doubtful Canyon — Image by kenne
I don’t know why the rooster keeps crying,
Nor why elephants keep raising their trunks,
Nor why Hawthorne kept hearing trains at night.
— from Living at the End of Time by Robert Bly
Morning Awakening In New Orleans — Image by kenne
We are approaching sleep: the chestnut blossoms in the mind
Mingle with thoughts of pain
And the long roots of barley, bitterness
As of the oak roots staining the water dark
In Louisiana, the wet streets soaked with rain
And sodden blossoms; out of this
We have come, a tunnel softly hurtling into darkness.
— from Awakening by Robert Bly
