Gary Snyder

Gary Snyder (1930 -  ) is a man of letters. Born in San Francisco he is best known as a poet (of the Beat generation) he is also an essayist, lecturer and environmental activist. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for his book of poetry titled ’Turtle Island.

Pine Tree Tops

In the blue night

frost haze, the sky glows

with the moon

pine tree tops

bend snow-blue, fade 

into sky, frost, starlight.

The creak of boots.

Rabbit tracks, deer tracks,

what do we know.

— Gary Snyder