this young tree WC Williams
chanting Hari ŌM
knowing I’m a heart-and-lung machine
because I can chant with more breath and fewer pauses
now that I’m going downhill
on this Bald Mountain trail
in Tettegouche
knowing I’m a heart-and-lung machine
because I can chant with more breath and fewer pauses
now that I’m going downhill
on this Bald Mountain trail
in Tettegouche
walking this narrow earthy rooted
pass
through banks of fern
birch trees
oak
reciting these words into my voice recorder
makes me take closer notice
of my surroundings
because I'm trying
to tell you
about them
through banks of fern
birch trees
oak
reciting these words into my voice recorder
makes me take closer notice
of my surroundings
because I'm trying
to tell you
about them
