On the same trip, an American avocet.

The dominant feelings are the blue sky, and the year.   

—Memories of other seasons and the billowing wind;   

The light gradually altering from difficult to clear

from The Late Wisconsin Spring

by John Koethe

" A life's partitions are internal to it,

and of no significance beyond its course."

from La Duree

by John Koethe

"and it occurs to me

that if I were to die at this moment

that picture would accompany me

wherever I am going

for part of the way."

from The Last Picture in The World

by Al Purdy

"You're the one who flew down

to that river from the heavens,

as if your form alone were the only

holy message needed."

from Stone Bird

by Pattiann Rogers