An attempt to convey a few of the thoughts & feelings of an expatriate teacher in sunny Singapore (and adjacent spots on occasion.)
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Slowing Down
One of the wonderful rewards of aging is the need for slowing down inherent in the process - even as you speed to the end. So nice to be forced to make time to take it all in.
"OLD age is a flight of small cheeping birds skimming bare trees above a snow glaze. Gaining and failing they are buffeted by a dark wind-- But what? On harsh weedstalks the flock has rested, the snow is covered with broken seedhusks and the wind tempered by a shrill piping of plenty." -- William Carlos Williams
There are times, many, in which I think that nobody says it better than WCW. Thanks for this reminder. (And sorry for taking so long to acknowledge your comment, Daryl.)
"OLD age is
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cheeping birds
skimming
bare trees above a snow glaze.
Gaining and failing
they are buffeted
by a dark wind--
But what?
On harsh weedstalks
the flock has rested,
the snow
is covered with broken
seedhusks
and the wind tempered
by a shrill
piping of plenty." -- William Carlos Williams
There are times, many, in which I think that nobody says it better than WCW. Thanks for this reminder. (And sorry for taking so long to acknowledge your comment, Daryl.)
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