Disjecta Membra *

Take a loose rein and a deep seat,
John, my father-in-law, would say
To someone starting out on a long journey, meaning, take it easy,
Relax, let what’s taking you take you.
I think of landscape incessantly,
mountains and rivers, lost lakes
Where sunsets festoon and override,
The scald of summer wheat fields, light-licked and poppy-smeared.
Sunlight surrounds me and winter birds
doodle and peck in the winter grass.
I’m emptied, ready to go. Again,
I tell myself what I’ve told myself for almost thirty years –
Listen to John, do what the clouds do.

 

Charles Wright
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