I like it a damn lot. Can I blog it? Andrew
On 5 January 2011 23:38, Ken Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> LISTENING TO MERWIN
>
> He's giving a TV interview
> first extolling the beauty of Hawaii
> he's one of the ones who escaped.
>
> Imagination, he says, defines us
> as humans, able to eschew propaganda,
> but he's read everything, including
> the propaganda he disprizes. We
>
> are supposed to have dominion over
> the beasts of the air and the field, we
> are supposed understand all things
> through our nerves and skin
> except how to hear what they tell us.
>
> He starts each day writing down notes
> in a spiral notebook
> each morning
> no computer
> his door is open
> listening for a sound
> until the it comes
>
> He does not speak of effort
> but transcribes, perhaps,
> perhaps he will not say he is
> a sacred stenographer
> but that's his gist
> he is not decorative
> not about seeking an answer
> not he nor we will ever have.
>
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> Ken Wolman http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com/
>
> "All writers are hunters, and parents are the most available prey."
> --Francine du Plessix Gray
>
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Andrew
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