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![]() | Gary Snyder
POEMS FROM MYTHS & TEXTS (1960) Reed College, February 14, 1956 |
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This poem became “Logging 8.” Variant in line 23: The word “Crushed” in the published version, instead of “mashed.”
GROVES
Introductory Remarks to “Groves”
Epigraph: “The wonderful reproductive power of this species…”
“The morning star is not a star…”
“Pines, under pines…”
“Ray Wells, a big Nisqually, and I…”
“Felix Baran, Hugo Gerlot, Gustav Johnson …”
“Each dawn is clear…”
“The groves are down, cut down…”
“Lodgepole cone / seed waits for fire…”

