Riprap & Cold Mountain Poems

65 USD

Date

1986

Category

Poetry

Description

This book was first published in Japan in 1959. Snyder’s poems draw parallels between nature and language and illustrate abstracts of metaphysical philosophy. This complex poem describes the nature of all things. Snyder’s tone is close to that of a spectator that is merely observing his surroundings. "A clear, attentive mind Has no meaning but that Which sees is truly seen. No one loves rock, yet we are here." by Gary Snyder.

Excerpt

Kept me high for weeks, I even had A sort of trance for you A day in a dentist’s chair. I found you again, gone stone, In Zimmer’s book of Indian Art: Dancing in that life with Grace and love, with rings And a little golden belt, just above Your naked snatch And I thought—more grace and love In that wild Deva life where you belong The in this dress-and-girdle life You’ll ever give Or get.