“Even in climes/without snow/one cannot go/foward sometimes./Things test you./You are part of/the Donners or/part of the rescue:/a muleteer in/earflaps; a/formerly hearty/Midwestern farmer/perhaps. Both/parties trapped/within sight/of the pass.”

“In the hills giant oaksFall upon their kneesYou can touch parts You have no right to”

“A thing cannot be delivered enough times:this is the rule of dogs for whom there are no fool's errands.To loop out and come back is good all alone.It's gravy to carry a ball or a bone.”

“It's important to have your private enjoyments because sometimes that's all we have.”

“Bait GoatThere is adistance wheremagnets pull,we feel, havingheld them back. Likewisethere is adistance wherewords attract.Set one outlike a bait goat and wait and seven otherswill approach.But watch out:roving packs canpull your wordaway. You find your stake yanked and some rough bunchto thank.”

“Not even waste/is inviolate./The day misspent,/the love misplaced,/has inside it/the seed of redemption./Nothing is exempt from resurrection.”

“One can't work/by limelight.//A bowlful/right at/one's elbow//produces no/more than/a baleful/glow against/the kitchen table.//The fruit purveyor's/whole unstable/pyramid//doesn't equal/what daylight did.”