David Seton Greer is a writer and editor on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. His writings are frequently inspired by observations of the natural world. His books include White Horses and Shooting Stars: A Book of Wishes (Conari, San Francisco); Simple Pleasures (Conari); and Blue Genes: Sharing and Conserving the World’s Aquatic Biodiversity (Earthscan, London). Email: davidgreer500 [at] gmail.com
by David Greer And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings. —Excerpt from The Lake Isle of Innisfree, by William Butler Yeats…