What have I learned but
the proper use for several tools?
The moments
between hard pleasant tasks
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To sit silent, drink wine,
and think my own kind
of dry crusty thoughts.
—the first Calochortus flowers
and in all the land,
it's spring.
I point them out:
the yellow petals, the golden hairs,
to Gen.
Seeing in silence:
never the same twice,
but when you get it right,
you pass it on.
The moments
between hard pleasant tasks
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00swvHI0OPyqZtBE6tp2OqNWF8VG77UN7m0JnnIqBsqQg94h8IesSypX0cxXvB4r-E8NyRN-dUo2muLK_C9beBMHW1zCHNN71qqcbWaGz12uwHgFaqBy9DhFH_MIW0j-67MnkiWfk5_E/s200/8651237518_ef33e5ba82_z.jpg)
To sit silent, drink wine,
and think my own kind
of dry crusty thoughts.
—the first Calochortus flowers
and in all the land,
it's spring.
I point them out:
the yellow petals, the golden hairs,
to Gen.
Seeing in silence:
never the same twice,
but when you get it right,
you pass it on.
"What Have I Learned" by Gary Snyder, from Axe Handles. © Shoemaker Hoard, 1983.
Photography credit: "Yellow Star Tulip" (Calochortus), by Steve Laymon (originally color).
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