Winding grain
Of twisting outer spiral shell

Stubby broken limbs at angles
Peeled off outer layers askew;
A big rock
Locked in taproot clasp
Now lifted to the air;
Amber beads of ancient sap
In powdery cracks of red dry-rot
fallen away
From the pitchy heartwood core.

Hiking in the Totsugawa Gorge

pissing

watching

a waterfall

This week, we’re departing from our usual format to celebrate Gary Snyder; check out the panelists who will join host John Freeman and poet Gary Snyder to discuss Counterpoint Press's 'Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems' and 'The Practice of the Wild.'

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Gratitude to Mother Earth, sailing through night and day—
and to her soil: rich, rare and sweet
                              in our minds so be it.

Wildness It is perennially within us, dormant as a hard-shelled seed, awaiting the fire or flood that awakes it again.

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Happy 94th birthday Gary Snyder. Japhy Ryder, the original Dharma Bum. Testimony to deep breathing, Zen, and leading the right kind of high life.

Happy 94th Birthday to Beat Generation poet, Pulitzer Prize winner & environmentalist Gary Snyder! From his home in the woods near Nevada City, this longtime UC Davis professor is proving that he still has a lot to teach us all. Read our 2022 profile: bit.ly/3nvTeHf

Happy birthday to our May author — the one and only Gary Snyder! Check out why he writes below:

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I feel ancient, as though I had
Lived many lives.
And may never now know
If I am a fool
Or have done what my
karma demands.

Happy 94th birthday Gary Snyder!

Meditation is not just a rest or retreat from the turmoil of the
stream or the impurity of the world. It is a way of being the stream,
so that one can be at home in both the white water and the eddies.
Meditation may take one out of the world, but it also puts one totally
into it

Writer Lisa Teasley considers Gary Snyder’s 'The Practice of the Wild' and her own way into the wilderness.

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Well I know Sunday is Sabbath
but who ever does it?
Except Berry. Nice poems.
It just happens I’m free
the first time in weeks from
chores and promises,
cracked valves, late bills,
and I think I’ll take time
to brush the dog. She likes that.

The Flickers

sharp clear call
THIS!
THIS!
THIS!
in the cool pine breeze

Read a poem from Gary Snyder’s 'Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems,' one of the California Book Club’s May selections. altaonline.com/california-boo…

Reflect on the wise words of poet Gary Snyder.

He gently reminds us, 'Shed the guilt. If there's a desire to preserve something, let it not stem from guilt, fear, or anger.

With Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield

In the Western Hemisphere we have only the tiniest number of buildings that can be called temples or shrines. The temples of our hemisphere will be some of the planet's remaining wilderness areas.

It was my great pleasure to write a short essay on Gary Snyder and his *The Practice of the Wild*, language, Buddhism, anarchy, trees, and wildness for California Book Club. Thanks to Anita Felicelli for the invite.
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This May, we're delving into the profound writings of Gary Snyder. Join us as we explore 'Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems' and 'The Practice of the Wild' — books that speak to the soul of nature.
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“Where I shoot my arrows
“There is the sunflower’s shade
—song of the rattlesnake
coiled in the boulder’s groin
“K’ak, k’ak, k’ak!
sang Coyote. Mating with
humankind— . . .