Gary Snyder


Picture

At the last turn in the path
          “goodbye—”
          —bending, bowing,
       (moss and a bit of
          wild
             bird-)
down.

                                                        Daitoku-ji Monastery


 Saying Farewell at the Monastery after Hearing the Old Master Lecture on “Return to the Source”













John Ashbery

  The New Spirit (excerpt) I thought that if I could put it all down, that would be one way. And next the thought came to me that to leave a...