The Ten Thousand Things
(Inspired by Dan Beachy-Quick’s Variations on Dawn and Dusk)
If no one sinks, what is an ocean to do?
If no one thirsts, what is a river to do?
If no one burns, what is a fire to do?
If no one prays, what is a candle to do?
If no one is lost, what are the woods to do?
If no one meditates, what is a tree to do?
If no one sings, what is the storm to do?
If no one whispers, what is the wind to do?
If no one sharpens, what is the blade to do?
If no one steadies, what is an anvil to do?
4 thoughts on "The Ten Thousand Things"
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Love the lilt and dichotomy. such a lovely poem
Another nice meditation on this cool Sunday morning
Love the form and some of your combinations, T.
The Book of Changes, here we are. I like these opposite kind of … sometimes a good thing, sometimes a bad, and yet neither good nor bad to its origination… my thoughts are coming in fuzzy but I like it.