'Insane song'

Loon in Marshfield, Vt.

— Photo by Ano Lobb
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“Summer wilderness, a blue light
twinkling in trees and water, but even
wilderness is deprived now. ‘What's that?
What is that sound? ‘ Then it came to me,
this insane song, wavering music….’’

— From “The Loon on Forrester’s Pond,’’ by Hayden Carruth (1921-2008), celebrated American poet who lived for years in Johnson, Vt.