The Mercy Of The West Has Been

A Great Poet Does Not Express His Or Her Self; He Expresses All Of Our Selves.

A Reading Is A Kind Of Communion. The Poet Articulates The Semi-known For The Tribe.

But If You Do Know What Is Taught By Plants And Weather, You Are In On The Gossip And Can Feel Truly At Home. The Sum Of A Field's Forces [become] What We Call Very Loosely The 'spirit Of The Place.' To Know The Spirit Of A Place Is To Realize That You Are A Part Of A Part And That The Whole Is Made Or Parts, Each Of Which In A Whole. You Start With The Part You Are Whole In.

In Western Civilization, Our Elders Are Books.

Streams And Mountains Never Stay The Same.