1. Wisdom is having things right in your lifeand knowing why.
2. I heard a bird congratulating itselfall day for being a jay.Nobody cared. But it was gladall over again, and said so, again.
3. The Way It IsThere’s a thread you follow. It goes amongthings that change. But it doesn’t change.People wonder about what you are pursuing.You have to explain about the thread.But it is hard for others to see.While you hold it you can’t get lost.Tragedies happen; people get hurtor die; and you suffer and get old.Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding.You don’t ever let go of the thread.~ ~
4. This dream the world is having about itselfincludes a trace on the plains of the Oregon trail,a groove in the grass my father showed us allone day while meadowlarks were trying to tellsomething better about to happen.
The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems
