Arthur Sze - April 22, Iyengar II & I

For Earth Day - a newer to me, much loved local poet, writes about the local landscape. Before my classes I talked abut Earth Day resolutions. The Pandemic has been incredibly hard for many humans. For many other inhabitants of this world, the pandemic has been an easier time. My Earth Day resolution is to choose to drive less, even when I start being able to leave the house more.

flitting to the honeysuckle, a white butterfly—

when she scribbles a few phrases by candlelight, a peony buds—

two does bound up from the apple orchard—

he sprays a paper-wasp nest under the portal—

sunlight touches the highest leaves of the silver poplars—

a buck scrapes his rack on a slender aspen trunk—

you slow but drive steadily through a hailstorm until it clears—

walkingstick on the screen door—

swimming back to shore, they spot a few turtles in the shallows—

we stroll up an arroyo then glance back at the S-curve of trees in the valley—

the steady hum of cars driving men to the lab—

red-winged blackbirds nesting in the cattails—

here a peony buds and fragrances the air—

he kisses the back of her neck and she nestles along his body—

in the sky, not a shred of cloud—