Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AFTER IKKYU: 15, by JAMES HARRISON


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First Line: Way up a sandy draw in the foothills
Last Line: In the vast, heat-blurred landscape.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Nature


Way up a sandy draw in the foothills
of the Whetstone Mountains I found cougar
tracks so fresh, damp sand was still
trickling in from the edges. For some reason
I knelt and sniffed them, quite sure
I was being watched by a living rock
in the vast, heat-blurred landscape.





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