These Days
by Charles Olson
from “Collected Poems of Charles Olson—Excluding Maximus Poems”
whatever you have to say, leave
the roots on, let them
dangle
And the dirt
Just to make clear
where they come from
I dove face down into the potato salad and… You finish the story.
Take a thread from these thoughts and write for at least 10 minutes…and then 10 minutes more…to tap into your mind on the topic of connection and barriers to connection. Connection and the possibility for connection surrounds us. The oxygen we breathe together connects us. What do we share? What brings people together? What separates…
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