Ingredients



Three hour dinners,
pace and focus,
menu and waiter excellent;
not interfering.
A time of light
shared,

all a gift of Mr. Abbott,
our teacher,
now a rich segment
in life
as many others are
in the puzzle of us.

Linden gave away the
need for repartee answers, which
with time and reflection
a clearer view emerges
providing thought
through linkages.

Bette; critical passion
naught else would do
in her life nor in others.
Karen; drama made daily
woven into
presence and acting.

Jane's eye for subtlty
early Christian art,
quiet intensity
and mothered nurture
in ageless stories of joy
where toads act like boys.

Pete's indian food to
delight in its interment,
his engineers simplicity
carried far out of range
on the electronics of power, a
model of humble confidence.

McElmurry's just do it-ness
no excuses, no backing away
3000 acres of corn and barley.
And Don. Tiger hold on science
and reality, no problem unconquerable;
no friend not worth holding.

Kurosawa, mockingbird
all ingredients in an
inheritance
in no measure
less a backbone
than birth.

gf 95



Inheritance

In memory of Kurosawa's reluctant acceptance late in his career of the best filmaker award, 'I am just beginning to understand how to. Thank you for this honor.'

Ingredients for influence
elemental forces
twisting our trunks
into their weathered
shapes.

All ingredients in an
inheritance
in no measure
less a backbone
than birth.

No friend not worth holding,
with time and reflection
their clearer view emerges
providing thought
through linkages.

Our teachers
now a rich segment
in our life
as many others
in the puzzle of us

Setting a
pace and a focus,
icons for our minds
use unfolding of days
incomplete beings changed.