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What Is the Field?

The field is filled

with what we see

without sleep.

Never completely

closed, it quickly erodes

when tilled before rain.

If clogged with boulders

it won't be razed

and once burdened

cannot quicken

under flocks.

The field reveals

glint and holds

leaning, pulls

twist from taut

knots of buds.

We watch the field

for stirring, wait

for stems to spring

back from sparrows.

We hope for a swell

in its middle so

we can say we saw

the sway that comes

from noticing.

Water meanders

to prairie potholes,

throws cordgrass

into switchbacks

as we push past

bramble and scare

a whistling wheel

of geese into air.

The field draws

hawks and sides

of trains, cradles

pools from storms

where ducks plumb

for water ...

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