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 April 21, 2020

Finding Light On The Parkway, Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Posted by David Dawson

Posted on April 21, 2020

Hi, Folks,

In 1965, my parents gave me a book of poems titled “Looking For Water”* by Eric Barker.  At that time, Eric lived in and wrote often about Big Sur, a place where, in my youth, I had many wonderful experiences that still remain special to me.  Here is Barker’s reflection about a heron wading in a pool of water

“The Pool”, by Eric Barker

For what’s above
Look deep and clearer down:
The images of trees
Grow through the swimming clouds.
Lost in a watery glide
A hawk gives up its purpose in the sun.

Sedate on stilts,
Through sauntering clouds,
A heron minces
And the ripples flow
Continuous with willows where he stalks
Frogs in the waded sky.

Halos become his image:

Doubled in crystal,
Erect in etheric poise,
He steps through widening circles
In the clouds.

Perhaps we are confined; but, as you step through the day, here’s hoping that the widening circles of many pleasant memories help to bring light to your life!

Dave
Snowy Egret Wading_DawsonSnowy Egret Wading, American River Parkway    ©David Dawson, 2020

*https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Water-Eric-Barker/dp/B000FQBRAQ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Looking+For+Water,+Eric+Barker&qid=1587424586&sr=8-2

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