{"id":775,"date":"2015-04-06T15:47:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T22:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/?p=775"},"modified":"2015-04-06T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T22:52:43","slug":"untitled-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecopsychology.org\/gatherings\/untitled-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"Untitled Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Larry Robinson<\/em>
\nSent in by Robert Greenway<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s a poem that a former student and now colleague sent in the other day. F’or me, it reveals the way a poem — in part by its very ambiguity, in part by it’s “rhythm” — reveals nature, ecology, big mind, little mind, egoic mind, etc.<\/p>\n

\"easiest-to-relate-to-the-air\"<\/a>Once there was a time when it was necessary
\nto remove ourselves from nature. Once.
\nTo distinguish, to see within
\nthese selves is the objective. It’s second nature<\/p>\n

now. This chain-of-being buried
\n& nearly forgotten. Paved over in sediment
\nlike walled in cities, lessons in childhood,
\nother experiences qualified or in need of<\/p>\n

the missing link. “Man is held highest on Earth
\n& below the Angels.” The intention:
\ntoward God. Then later, toward a controlled state –
\ntechnology. The competition is fierce<\/p>\n

& it is not. An Angel (many?) who inhabits
\nthe rock suggests you skip its flat surface
\non the river. Interfacing the world of eyes,
\nyou pick it up: sentient self awareness<\/p>\n

beyond the organs of particularity. Yes, you are
\nthe rock & each plant & animal whose dust
\ncompresses here. A moment of your time.
\nIt is easiest to relate to the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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