Winter Blooms before the Pruning

So the feeling comes afterward

some of it may reach us only

long afterward when the moment

itself is beyond reckoning... from "The Comet Museum" by W.S. MerwinA sentence continues after thirty years

it wakes in the silence of the same room

the words that come to it after the long comma

existed all that time wandering in space...  from "Once in Spring," by W.S.Merwin

In the first place I would like to mention some preparations that were required of me.  The first preparation is a right attitude toward life.  This means... stop being an escapist!  Stop being a surface-liver who stays right in the froth of the surface... Be willing to face life squarely and get down beneath the surface of life where the verities and realities are to be found.   from "Steps Toward Inner Peace," by Peace Pilgrim

I put the roses in the small vase late yesterday afternoon.  Even the foliage was fragrant.  I clipped the stems, and as I arranged the buds and blooms loosely in the wide-mouthed, little fat red vase, one bloom released all of its delicate pink petals; some stuck to my fingers, others floated into the sink.  

xoxoLC