Sunday, August 22, 2010

Bark Here Now

Golden Retrievals
By Mark Doty

Fetch? Balls and sticks capture my attention
seconds at a time. Catch? I don’t think so.
Bunny, tumbling leaf, a squirrel who’s—oh
joy—actually scared. Sniff the wind, then

I’m off again: muck, pond, ditch, residue
of any thrillingly dead thing. And you?
Either you’re sunk in the past, half our walk,
thinking of what you never can bring back,

or else you’re off in some fog concerning
—tomorrow, is that what you call it? My work:
to unsnare time’s warp (and woof!), retrieving,
my haze-headed friend, you. This shining bark,

a Zen master’s bronzy gong, calls you here,
entirely, now: bow-wow, bow-wow, bow-wow.

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But, what if the "religion they choose" demands that others convert and follow its laws or be killed?

I've read the Quran, and it is clear to me that that is a reasonable interpretation of its requirements. There seems little room for compromise here especially since Islamists who care to, may freely establish themselves as "Imams" teaching that interpretation as a divine imperative.

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Love this post. so true. I walk dogs for a living..and they are ALWAYS in the now. It keeps me centered.

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Jack Edwards Poetry said...

Brilliant poem. I like the lines:

'I’m off again: muck, pond, ditch, residue
of any thrillingly dead thing. And you?'

in particular.

All the best
Jack Edwards

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