from the poem Still, by AR Ammons
…at one sudden point came still,
stood in wonder:
moss, beggar, weed, tick, pine, self, magnificent
with being!
From The Selected Poems: 1951-1977, Expanded Edition, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Copyright © 1986 by A. R. Ammons.
I was on retreat this past week, and I even found the bathroom beautiful. It seems to have followed me home, together with the many positive effects of the week at the monastery.
