AN OLD MAN’S WINTER<\/p>\n
After Theodore Roethke (1908-1963)<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To take, to take? Founder of PoetsWest<\/a> and Activists for a Better World, J. Glenn Evans hosts\u00a0PoetsWest at KSER 90.7FM,<\/a> a nationally syndicated weekly radio show, and is author of four books of poetry: Deadly Mistress,<\/a> Window in the Sky,<\/a> Seattle Poems<\/a><\/em> and Buffalo Tracks,<\/em> author of three novels, Broker Jim, Zeke’s Revenge<\/em> and Wayfarers,<\/em> several community histories and numerous political essays, co-produced a movie, “Christmas Mountain,”<\/a> with Mark Miller, co-staring Slim Pickens, and is a former stockbroker-investment banker.\u00a0 Part Cherokee, native of Oklahoma.\u00a0 Evans has lived in Seattle since 1960.\u00a0 Listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AN OLD MAN’S WINTER After Theodore Roethke (1908-1963) To take, to take? I feel that mist. As though my boiler was busted I think my bones forgot. Like half-gone love I hug my memories. O for a vision of … Continue reading
\nI feel that mist.
\nAs though my boiler was busted
\nI think my bones forgot.
\nLike half-gone love I hug my memories.
\nO for a vision of what’s to come,
\nHeavenly music across the bay,
\nEcho of the Lord’s message,
\nFull jolly, a string
\nMelodious and,
\nOn the straightaway
\nLost among the firs and wood songs
\nWind flashes by
\nTo hold conference with me
\nWhere mountains converse,
\nAnd leap over shoulders,
\nOf an old man
\nRacing like a fool.
\nIf only I could go back
\nTo gather memories holding sway,
\nComing back this way,
\nThe passions of my day,
\nFloating on a sea of memories
\nIn a house of beautiful memories
\nNow that time is gone:
\nI’m old and life is done<\/p>\n
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