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Manzanita
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by Gary Snyder
(1930 - ) Timeline
Original Language English
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Before dawn the coyotes weave medicine songs dream nets -- spirit baskets -- milky way music they cook young girls with to be woman; or the whirling dance of striped boys --
At moon-set the pines are gold-purple Just before sunrise.
The dog hastens into the undergrowth Comes back panting Huge, on the small dry flowers.
A woodpecker Drums and echoes Across the still meadow
One man draws, and releases an arrow Humming, flat, Misses a gray stump, and splitting A smooth red twisty manzanita bough.
Manzanita the tips in fruit, Clusters of hard green berries The longer you look The bigger they seem,
`little apples'
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