this morning variations on a theme by ws merwin is poem of the day.

Thank you my life long afternoon
late in this spring that has no age

it begins
and ends with

and the dogs who are guiding me

i began reading ws merwin in southern illinois in 1978. he died this week. we are all, dogs and people, words and insects, variations on a theme. i thank ws merwin for his variations on a theme dear to me, i thank mister for guiding me through winter to spring, i thank r. for bringing me home.