James Still
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This is the answer to all centuries
That spawn new life and grind it into dust.
This is the solved equation of the heart
Bound in arrogance between fettering rust
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Let this hill rest...
Let the roots crawl into this failing earth,
Let the leaf fall, let day descend
On untilled slopes. Let the oak's girth
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I was born humble. At the foot of mountains
My face was set upon the immensity of earth
And stone; and upon oaks full-bodied and old.
There is so much writ upon the parchment of leaves,
...
A lot goes on behind my back.
A row of icicles pulling at the eaves
Grew three inches before I thought to look;
A snow falling an evening through
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James Still Biography
James Still lived most of his life in a log cabin in Knott County, Kentucky. He is recognized as one of the most influential Appalachian writers of the twentieth-century. His work was deeply influenced by the nature and culture of the Applachian Mountains.)
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This is the answer to all centuries
That spawn new life and grind it into dust.
This is the solved equation of the heart
Bound in arrogance between fettering rust
And pure white rage of Spring's late snow
When sap is high, when tender buds first start.
There are no final lines to mark the end
Of stern design in earth's geometry.
Firm angles crash, true circles wilt and fail
Before the whirling mass of all infinity.
Love that has paled and died in weary hope
Will rise from dust to reenact the tale.
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