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Poem: Scott Edward Anderson Friday, February 23, 2007 healing
"Healing, not saving." ~ Gary Snyder "Healing, not saving," for healing indicates corrective, reclaiming restoring the earth to its bounty, to right placement and meaning-- Forward thinking, making things new or better or, at least, bringing back from the edge. The way bulbs are nestled in earth, starting to heal again-- the way a wound heals. Keep warm. Sun following rain; rain following drought. Perhaps we have come far enough along in this world to start healing, protecting from harm, from our disjunctive lives. The way the skin repairs with a scab, injury mediated by mindfulness. The bark of the "tree of blood" heals wounds we cannot see. Deliver us from the time of trial and save us from ourselves. ~ Scott Edward Anderson was a Concordia Fellow and poet-in-residence at the Millay Colony for the Arts in November 2002. His work received the Nebraska Review Award in 1997 and the Aldrich Emerging Poets Award in 1998. His poetry has appeared in the Alaska Quarterly Review, The Cortland Review, Cross Connect, Isotope, River Oak Review and Terrain, among other publications. He is a founding editor of Ducky Magazine (www.duckymag.com). 0 Comments:
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