Legendary poet/activist Gary Snyder finds his voice again [US]:
Now 74, the crusty, twinkling-eyed poet laureate of the high country has just published his first collection of new poems in 20 years. [...]
"Danger on Peaks" proceeds with a more supple line, often through urban areas as well as the back country.
From Hiroshima, it arcs through three more "blasts" — Mount St. Helens, 9/11 and the Taliban's demolition of the gigantic Buddhas in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, offering a potent meditation on violence — and its antidote, compassion. [...]
Crusty.
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