Daniel Smith is the author of two poetry collections, Home Land and Father Land. He has been a full-time dairy farmer in northwestern Illinois for more than thirty years, and his poetry reflects the farming life, his family’s connection to the land, and the emotional impact of leaving farming and the ancestral home.

What Gary Snyder Said to Me, That Day, in the Doorway of the Milking Barn

by Daniel Smith

I am going to tell you
what you need to do.

You need to teach these cows
to meditate.
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