Looking, Walking, Being by Denise Levertov from Sands of the Well (New Directions)
"The World is not something to
look at, it is something to be in."
Mark Rudman
I look and look.
Looking's a way of being: one becomes,
sometimes, a pair of eyes walking.
Walking wherever looking takes one.
The eyes
dig and burrow into the world.
They touch
fanfare, howl, madrigal, clamor.
World and the past of it,
not only
visible present, solid and shadow
that looks at one looking.
And language? Rhythms
of echo and interruption?
That's
a way of breathing.
breathing to sustain
looking,
walking and looking,
through the world,
in it.
* This year the Anglican Communion and SSJE are partnering to create a global Advent calendar. People from around the world are invited to meditate on the word for the day and share a picture via social media (#Adventword) to create a global Advent calendar. During the next four weeks, I'll be posting the word for the day along with a poem and my picture for the day on this blog. If you'd like to become part of this global meditation you can sign up here.
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