"David Budbill is a no-nonsense free-range sage who celebrates
tomatoes in September, the whistle of a woodcock and sweet black
tea and ancient Chinese poems." --"New York Times"
"Budbill both informs and moves. He is, in short, a delight and
a comfort."--Wendell Berry
" Budbill] can be hilarious, as when he gripes, 'What good is my
humility / when I am / stuck / in this obscurity?'"--"Booklist,"
starred review
"His terse, epigrammatic lyrics are a lilting mirror of
classical Chinese poetry."--"The Wichita Eagle"
David Budbill continues his popular poetic ruminations on life
in remote New England--an outward survey of a forested mountain and
an introspection of self-reliance, anonymity, and the creative
life. Inspired by classical Chinese and Japanese poets, Budbill
contemplates the seasons, ambition, his questionable desire for
fame and fortune, and simple, focused contentment: "Weed the beans.
Pick the peas."
"Out in the Woods"
"The only time I'm really free is when I'm out in the
woods
cutting firewood, stacking brush, clearing trails."
"Just the chain saw, the dog and me.
Heave and groan, sweat and ache."
"Work until I can't stand it anymore.
Take a break."
"Sit on the needle-strewn ground up against a big pine
tree,
drink some water, stare out through the woods, pet the dog."
"Stretch out on the ground, take a nap,
dog's head on my lap."
"Ah, this would be the time and place and way
to die."
David Budbill is the author of poems, plays, essays, speeches,
and book reviews. He has also served as a commentator on NPR's "All
Things Considered." He lives in the mountains of northern Vermont
where he tends his garden and website.
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