On first peering into the collected poems of Philip Whalen

Astonishing that voice all
but 50 years distant (backward)
not much thought of
less even recognized
in some long time.

                Although another sense that
                it’s been there all along
                conscious thought of a mind
                itself unconscious

Hits true on BART
in the tunnel right THERE.
Brain & Heart.
Primer for a Poet.