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Poetry | paper | $15.95 | 148 pgs | ISBN-13: 978-1-945588-40-2<\/p>\n

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Sydney Lea<\/h2>\n

In his thirteenth book of poetry, Sydney Lea gives voice to the deep connection between human life and the natural world as well as their fragility and transience. Here, nature is as much a muse as a trigger for sense memory\u2014as a schoolboy on a playground \u201cbreathing in autumn mud, \/ that cherished aroma\u201d or as witness to a redtail hawk\u2019s attack and the aftermath during which \u201cThat poor doomed duckling\u2019s wisps of down \/ Floated in air like snowflakes, \/Diaphanous.\u201d Death is a constant presence in these poems, too, arising from the bittersweet awareness of what eventually will be lost. While there is reckoning, there are few regrets in a life well-lived and closely observed. Here<\/em> is a title, but it\u2019s also a statement, an incantation and affirmation: \u201cLet\u2019s chant it throughout the year,\u201d<\/em> Lea writes, \u201clike so much birdsong: we\u2019re here we\u2019re here we\u2019re here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Older Age<\/strong><\/p>\n

So much for glory from the morning glories.
\nLeaves at their margins turn tawny.
\nI quickly seek other signs\u2014<\/p>\n

It\u2019s what I do. I\u2019m a poet. The migrant
\nFlickers gather in byways.
\nThere\u2019s a blur of spectral tail-spots<\/p>\n

When I flush them, although my driving is slow,
\nReactions no longer speedy,
\nExcept for those that are:<\/p>\n

Scrawny maples in the swamps have kindled,
\nThere\u2019s the first fall warbler\u2014How dismal,<\/em>
\nI think, How time goes by,<\/em><\/p>\n

As if it were yesterday.<\/em> And so on.
\nYet our neighbor\u2019s puppy has doubled
\nHer weight in just eight weeks.<\/p>\n

Old fool, get onto your feet, do something,<\/em>
\nConfucius said, Be useful.<\/em>
\nWinter firewood still needs stacking.<\/p>\n

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