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Yesterday morning I attended a funeral. Yesterday evening I attended this. The entire show was fantastic, but a highlight for me was experiencing another of Katherine Fahey‘s crankies. Last year, seeing her “Lost Gander” crankie inspired the (re)naming of this blog.
The contrast between morning and evening struck me hard. This juxtaposition of diverging moments is the rich loam where insight tethers its spindly roots.
But there are only so many pivots. And there is only so much loam.
I will be away for a while. I hope to return with photos…and maybe insight.
In the meantime, here are two poems of mine from the new issue of Gone Lawn.
Keep tending the soil while I’m out.
Posted by sean on April 1, 2012
https://sd-stewart.com/2012/04/01/farther-along-the-continuum/
Last night. Goose travels through changing seasons, from falling leaves to falling snow. What does he seek? Brethren pass in and out of our lives. We still move on. Time passes; the seasons mark. Our days the only constant. The banjo plays high and lonesome and the spirit leaves the body. Tune out tipsy voices, the hush of rustling coats. The notes crawl inside you and sound out in the cavern of your heart, the echoes so loud you hear nothing else. You hear nothing else, only what the goose knows, without even knowing it. Restless and lost, with only the seasons to remind us of the coming end, our silhouettes stark against a bone white moon.
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Posted by sean on April 23, 2011
https://sd-stewart.com/2011/04/23/lost-gander/
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