;December at Yase.” One of four poems dedicated to an ex-lover Robin. “December at Yase,” is published in The Back Country. The poet lets his emotions flow about himself growing older, his young love for Robin, and the couple’s break up.Gary Snyder is full of vivid memories of that day when she chose to be free. Snyder describes it like a picture, both of them on a hill side in tall dry grass close to an orchard. Then the poet puts the scene into action with her quote, “Again someday, maybe ten years.” Next, a memory jumps on the page, it is the first time they meet after the break up.How awkward the time when the two meet again. Not much was said the love was then dead. Snyder came looking to win her precious love, and so happened he was shot down like a dove. Only in a dream, he can see her face. He hopes on day she will come to her place. The passion and love “Return to my mind, to my flesh.” He pleads they had what all other want, and realizes he’s a fool for not wanting to be caught.The poet feels old now, as though he had “lived many lives.” He knows its his fault for craving solemn time. The love he never knew, because the mystery of what’s beyond the blue. Maybe, one day they will find each other again, then he can find out if that is what his “karma demands.”The emotions are real and the lyrics are sweat. Snyder is fascinating, and has proved he is great. He floats on a cloud somewhere hard to see, and as an eternal hippy he is world renowned.His ideas are good but the world can not slow down. He is a man who has made a difference and is still traveling around giving conservation seminars. ...
