Or, the Quintessential Odin, always questioning, comparing, contrasting, and showing us glimpses of a talent not to be found elsewhere. I watched an old 1960s tv show with Sammy Davis Jr. He made the off-handed comment "To just watch Fred Astaire walk down the street is worth the price of admission." A very insightful observation by someone who knows a pair of unique dancing feet just by the way they walk. And so it is with your poetry. To read one poem is worth the price of a volume. Looking forward to another great year from the top of the class.

I especially like the line: "How persistent Nature innocence," which raises in my mind a multitude of thoughts. How nature keeps reminding us, yet we listen not, nor heed.

Always the irony-conflict of "light ever dark" while we travel on this journey. Asking not, giving all...at times giving not, asking all... Well said and not said:)
Many blessings, Odin.