tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post732250772106765670..comments2024-03-28T22:31:58.632-07:00Comments on Flying Totems: SwanzBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-24892000223192011102016-11-18T22:05:20.349-08:002016-11-18T22:05:20.349-08:00I'm just a little bit familiar with Snyder thr...I'm just a little bit familiar with Snyder through his inclusion in a couple of compilations I read in college. That poem is nice, and interesting in that the relation of line to line is more implicit than explicit.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6499771778569209667.post-18651178483570219342016-11-07T19:58:44.150-08:002016-11-07T19:58:44.150-08:00This is really lovely. Coincidentally, I'm cur...This is really lovely. Coincidentally, I'm currently reading a book by an anthropologist, David Abrams, called The Spell of the Sensuous. It's about the natural world and how modern humans have lost touch with so many of our abilities. Well, it's way more than that but you get the idea.<br /><br />It opens with a brief poem by Gary Snyder:<br /><br /><i>As the crickets soft autumn hum<br />Is to us<br />So are we to the trees<br />As are they<br />To the rocks and the hills.</i>susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.com