Poems in Turtle Island- Katie Lamp

I found the poems in Turtle Island that Snyder wrote to be fascinating, and I'm not surprised that he receieved the Pulitzer Prize for this poetry. Usually, poetry that doesn't have a set rhyme or rhythm can irk me, but I found his writing beautiful and I liked how apparently random words revealed such depth when I read the poems. One of my favorites was "Why Truck Drivers Rise Earlier than Students of Zen" because it gave me a very peaceful feeling and the last line, "There is no other life" really struck me for some reason. I think the reason it resonated so deeply with me is that Snyder was taking what appears to be a very mundane occupation and putting it in such a light that the reader can see the peacefulness and zen quality of it. I enjoyed a lot of his other poems, but for an almost inexplicable reason, this poem struck me and I found it to be the most beautiful.