Does It Mean by Tom Montag

 DOES IT MEAN

Does it mean
the empty mountain
with no one on it

is the long light
entering the forest?
the old monk asked

old Wang Wei.
Does it mean
the echo of voices

is like green moss
glowing
in the evening?

About The Author

Tom Montag's books of poetry include: Middle Ground; The Big Book of Ben Zen; In This Place: Selected Poems 1982-2013; The Miles No One Wants; Love Poems; and Seventy at Seventy. His poem "Lecturing My Daughter in Her First Fall Rain" has been permanently incorporated into the design of the Milwaukee Convention Center. He blogs at The Middlewesterner. With David Graham he recently co-edited Local News: Poetry About Small Towns.