to live here deeply to pay attention close close attention with all five senses and the mystic sixth to decipher what is going on here then refigure again and again to grasp firmly but hold loosely (in hand much less than what is here) to stay within here’s boundaries while on pilgrimage to receding horizons to range far across earth and space never leaving home here

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This poem's inspiration is from Henry David Thoreau who was once asked by a friend why he so seldom traveled from his home in Concord Massachusetts.  He responded, "Why would I leave Concord when there is a little bit of the whole world in Concord."