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    Currents of the World: Poems
    Currents of the World: Poems
    Currents of the World: Poems
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    Currents of the World: Poems

    By Quinn Bailey

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    In his first collection of poetry Quinn Bailey has crafted a book that is meant to live in your backpack, to be carried with you, as companion, field guide and friend as you traverse the rich wilderness of life. Inspired as much by the words of poets like Mary Oliver and Jim Harrison as by the songs of the trees and the birds, the poems within arise from a deep love of the natural world and call attention to the power an outer landscape has — to be all at once, mirror, compass, and divination tool for our inner landscape. Maybe our job is that of the Birds, Simply to collect the soft things Of the world And sing about it. Pulling from his years of experience working as a nature connection mentor and wilderness rites of passage guide, this book serves as a waypoint to anyone who is approaching, has come to, or just about to crossed a threshold and needs to be reminded that, "This world has only two true directions, towards and away. The big fear, in the end, is to awake and find that you chose away." Like most things these poems are best when shared, especially outside, especially out loud, and especially with the more then human world.


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHomebound Publications
    Release dateAug 11, 2020
    ISBN9781953340061
    Currents of the World: Poems
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    Quinn Bailey

    Quinn Bailey is a poet, naturalist, and wildlife tracker who for the last seven years has been helping people find a deeper connection to the natural world through ancestral skills such as bird language, wilderness living, and cultural mentoring. Growing up between Orcas Island, Washington and Big Sur, California, he discovered a strong sense of belonging and curiosity about the natural world and feels most at home wandering the wooded hills and rocky shores surrounding the Salish Sea where he now lives.

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      Currents of the World - Quinn Bailey

      The Only Two Directions

      This world has only two true directions,

      Towards and away.

      The big fear, in the end, is to awake and find that

      You chose away.

      That the hand

      Which held you down

      Was none other

      Than your own.

      Remember

      The pursuit

      Of that which is not truly us

      Renders even the most

      Powerful vision useless.

      Recognize

      When the boulder in front of the cave

      Begins to shift

      When that first illuminating shaft

      Pierces the dark

      Do not hesitate long

      Do not waste time

      Anticipating the griefs

      Yet to come.

      They cannot be helped and perhaps are necessary

      On that long

      And awkward walk

      Towards yourself.

      1Carrying Coals

      I think often of the before times

      When we roamed in

      Small bands and fire

      Was our constant companion.

      Of those diligent keepers

      Who, though the wind and rain

      Was indifferent

      And the prowling uncertainties

      Lurked always in the darkness

      And at times even

      The dream of warmth

      Seemed forbidden,

      Carried with them

      That little glow,

      Tenderly wrapped in a nest

      Of barks and mosses,

      Just waiting for

      That steady hand,

      That patient breath,

      To bring us back to life.

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