I really liked this poem because the words and the flow of it reminded me a lot of one of my favourite songs: "safer" by Animal Collective. The poem reminds me a lot of the lyrics in this song. Snyder's poem is infinitely more descriptive than the Animal Collective lyrics. The poem is less abstract: he is describing what is around him. The way of nature: what it feels like, what it looks like, etc. The animal collective song is more abstract. You have to scan the lines for deeper meaning.
The verse:
"Wind blows trees through the tops of my hair
I saw wolves in the fog, I can see through the rain
Oh, man and things have changed
In the snow filled lakes where there used to be waves"
reminds me a lot of the poem. To me, it says that we should appreciate the nature that is around us without outright, bluntly stating it. It's more poetic, in a way than Snyder's poem. Yet, I found Snyder's work enjoyable. While this was not one of my favourite poems by Snyder, I really enjoyed making parallels between the song and the poem.
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