BiggerEyesofWonder: Naturalist and poet Gary Snyder

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Naturalist and poet Gary Snyder

Marta invited me to see Gary Snyder tonight at Benaroya Hall. Magic, music and humor makes poetry happen... His ideas on ecology are smart too; I've heard these things said by UW professors as well. His best poetry is his most recent! Check him out! Wonderful man...brought to se him by a wonderful woman, Marta!

1 comment:

Marta SanchezMay 28, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Lucky wonderful woman to have such a wonderful man accompany her.
ReplyDelete
Replies

Add comment

Feel free to message free thinking thoughts...

CaRe To DaNcE WiTh An AnGeL In ThE PaLe MoOnLiGhT?

Life and everything is bigger than all of us...humbling, haunting and beautiful to try and behold...

cherry blossoms, little innocent children, looks of love, joyful craziness together, caress of passions, those helping in the front lines, those who make us laugh, a margarita among friends, working 'til the sweat pours down our backs and foreheads, epiphanies, soliloquys, cathartic music of the spheres, a heart of blues and a mind of jazz, those directing above the front lines who can still live in wisdom, snow perpetually blowing off the tip of K2 and iceflows down the Karakorum, flying in and out of Mt St Helens as it exploded--thanks for the memories Jim Beach, orange orchids dripping with dew, holding hands at a soulful concert and boogying 'til we drop, clinking tankards in another country one's never been, a leaping Bengal Tiger caught on camera, hiking through meadows and deep forests breathing the sweetest air, atop a peak watching hawks soar below, landing your first salmon, sailing in circles through whorlpools with the help of the skipper at 17, satisfaction of pulling off a great challenge--FEEL GOOD! Then grab the nearest or dearest person to you and hug them and...