DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "Douglas Fir" by Ken Howe More information about the Poet: Ken Howe The first thing I wrote about this poem was it looks similar to "Robinson Jeffers lines" -- long lines that have some tinge of nature to them.  And I think the poem utilizes the style of Jeffers to still revere nature but add a bit more to it as well. The first lie seems like a Jeffers line discussing the sacredness of a douglas fir, but the language is a bit different in the end, "where it is more rare."  Here the speaker talks about value in the sense of existence while Jeffers tended to be enveloped in nature.  Basically the speaker places himself as a judgement position which differs. But then the speaker seemingly refers back to nature, "Frequently alone in a meadow, surrounded by dropped fir cones, needles bestrewing its pedestal, its dais."  "dais" once again the word shifts the context of the poem which now is a stage for a p...