William G. Doty
26 Mar 79
yesterday: puffed to the top (fire lookout tower) of Mount Grace
dug winter-cured parsnips
pulled a quill from a porcupine that died eating garbage
wondered at the house built by the lake (windows, windows!)
ate cashew chili
heard the bright overtones of the first saffron crocus
waited for the trailing arbutus to disclose white
drank two glasses of magic (a Californian pinot chardonnay)
and touched warm beaten-silk tapestry yarns, promising birds
Doty is professor emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Alabama. He has published widely in several mediums, and now teaching interdisciplinary seminars in the CA&S Blount Undergraduate Initiative. His Myth: A Handbook will appear in a licensed paperback edition from the U of Alabama Press in March 2007.