Cultivating (Preserving) by Scott Edward Anderson

Dwelling as preserving

is cultivating.
Dwelling means knowing
what inhabits a place
and understanding that
which belongs to a place.

We cultivate what grows,

while building things
that don’t grow.
We seek the organic
in our own creations,
which are inorganic.

Imposing our will

on the landscape,
we can remove either
that which promotes capacity
or that which prevents capacity.

We are tenders of the garden,
we tend what needs tending
(heart or "langscape")
What we save remains—

Scott Edward Anderson, USA