Mission by A.R. Ammons
"as if anything here belonged to you / as if anything here were your concern"
Old Folks Laugh by Maya Angelou
"Old folks / allow their bellies to jiggle like slow / tambourines." — Maya Angelou
Late Ripeness by Czeslaw Milosz
"Not soon, as late as the approach of my ninetieth year, / I felt a door opening in me and I entered / the clarity of early morning." — Czesław Miłosz
How to Be A Poet by Wendell Berry
"There are no unsacred places; / there are only sacred places / and desecrated places." — Wendell Berry