Alive With Strange Encounters

Tom Russell / Iris Dement: Big Water

I wandered
in my mind,
slowly,
noting every detail
of the labyrinth,
its paths
as familiar
as those
of my garden
and yet ever new,
as empty
as the heart
could wish
or alive with
strange encounters.

--Samuel Beckett

Tom Russell / Nanci Griffith: St. Olav's Gate

TO EVERYTHING THAT IS BEYOND CAPTURE
THE RETURN OF STERLING HAYDEN