After reading Mary Oliver on Bears
you live within my being at all times
your paws curling my own hands
strong feet propelling my too-slender ones
our legs
go on forever
your heart
the larger
you know
absolutely everywhere
where you are going
such large eyes do not fit
within my small ones
there is scarcely room
for your fine head
— emperor’s on coin
ah, but our wondrous grin
that remains
identical
Carolyn Foote Edelmann has been writing on nature in our region since The Blizzard of ‘78. In her blog, NJWILDBEAUTY, Carolyn seeks out the wild weekend after weekend. When bear warnings go out, she has been known to do the opposite. Edelmann’s work in community relations at D&R Greenway is wide-ranging. She is also curator of the land trust’s Olivia Rainbow Gallery. With fellow poet Betty Lies, Edelmann co-founded Princeton’s Cool Women Poets.
