Poem: “Robert Frost and I”

By Ngodup Paljor

Robert Frost and I
Have one thing in common
He loves woods
And so do I
But, there seems to be
A big difference
In the way we set forth
In life’s journey
He is a goer,
And I am a sitter
He has miles and miles to go
Before he sleeps
While I have years and years to sit
To reach the same destination

“Robert Frost and I,” from What Book!?: Buddha Poems from Beat to Hip Hop (Parallax  Press, 1998), edited by Gary Gach. Reprinted with permission of Parallax Press, Berkeley,  CA. http://www.parallax.org.