[Panhala] Walking - Hogan

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---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Joe Riley <jnriley@...>

Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:16 AMSubject: [Panhala] Walking - HoganPanhala <panhala >

Walking

Walking on the road one nightmy granddaughter says,Grandma, are you afraid?And I say, no, knowing this placewhere the white dog lives,where the chickens and birds hide eggs,where the neighbor's geese go at nightleaving the river of new darkness.

And I know the wormscome up from the ground at nightso thick and beautiful you can hear them.They shine and explore the black loamand raise themselves to the night.I have seen this.

I know fear has come down to usfrom the first universewhere the beginnings of stars are never tame.

When she was born I was first to see her.I held her up to be seen alive by ancestorsAnd beautiful spirits.

But I don't know what else is there.If I think about itif she cries at night,I will join her.

~ Hogan ~

(Rounding the Human Corners)

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