..In the great open dome, with no one to tell........

let's see, how attending the book reading session of a pulitzer prize winner can be.
attending, ted kooser's talk here in the univ, here is a lovely poem. just about apt to capture my moods...


After Years


Today, from a distance, I saw you
walking away, and without a sound
the glittering face of a glacier
slid into the sea.

An ancient oak
fell in the Cumberlands, holding only
a handful of leaves, and an old woman
scattering corn to her chickens looked up
for an instant.

At the other side
of the galaxy, a star thirty-five times
the size of our own sun exploded
and vanished, leaving a small green spot
on the astronomer's retina
as he stood on the great open dome
of my heart with no one to tell.




~amen,again.