spirit of your place: wet rocks
in an act of faith, someone is walking over the river rock
where your shadow has passed -- where a thousand geese
have blessed the place with chants in your honor.
many travelers have stopped, puzzled by what might yet be,
and many still will. it is a test of promises. who passes?
the next traveler kneels to bait the line, hoping to hook Fate.
Kathy Bowman, Joseph, Oregon
Spirit of Place is one of a number of poems readily available at the Friends of William Stafford website. To explore more, see www.williamstafford.org/spoems/index.html
