One of my favorites of your recent poems, James, beginning with that memorable opening line—"It all counts as practice"—which it so does! And the tenderness of the narrator saying, "You can lay your head in my lap," resonates on many levels... feeling the loved one's head in the lap, one of the most tender parts of a life practice!
Thank you for this, and for past words of yours that have stepped of the page and met me where I am. Glad to find you here...
One of my favorites of your recent poems, James, beginning with that memorable opening line—"It all counts as practice"—which it so does! And the tenderness of the narrator saying, "You can lay your head in my lap," resonates on many levels... feeling the loved one's head in the lap, one of the most tender parts of a life practice!