Tall Bog Onions at Holly Brook (Allium validum), highly edible & must
prized by the members of the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery,
Eagle Cap Wilderness . . .
Tall Bog Onions at Holly Brook (Allium validum), highly edible & must
prized by the members of the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery,
Eagle Cap Wilderness . . .
THE DIFFERENCE OF BUT A HALF A STEP
Bright sun on granite,
a major key ascending
beyond the highest peaks,
beyond the most distant of stars.
A cloud passes by with misty rain . . .
Instantly, all changes to shades of
dark, wet, volcanic rock,
a minor key descending
with roots to the middle of the Earth.
The happy and the melancholy,
two sides of one movement . . .
How could I ever choose?
O gods of the most divine of soundscapes, forgive
us that philosophers no longer ponder
this difference of but a half a step between 3rds.
O mystery of creation!
My lyre of peace shall be forever tuned
and tempered
to both.
Muir Lake,
Eagle Cap Wilderness,
Oregon, IX.12.2008
