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Two  poems from  Scatter the Light

Canticle to Spring

A blackbird sings
his heart’s true song
on the shore of Lake Ontario,
casting his benediction
over the waters,
anointing this,
our blessed life.

For Craig in the Winter of 1983

Beside the smiling Buddha
who sits upon your kitchen stove
I have placed a small
offering of pussy willows,
and the bright red marsh berry
I have no name for.

I am not familiar with
the etiquette of Eastern gods,
but in this land of great lakes
and forgotten forests
even Coyote would be pleased
at the sight of red berries
in an old mason jar.