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“Though I play at the edges of knowing,
truly I know
our part is not knowing,
but looking, and touching, and loving”
― Mary Oliver, Why I Wake Early
“Oh, to love what is lovely and will not last!
What a task
to ask
of anything, or anyone,
yet it is ours,
and not by the century or the year, but by the hours.”
― Mary Oliver, Why I Wake Early
"Let the fire now
put on its red hat
and sing to us."
[from "November"]
My favorites in this collection: "Freshen the Flowers, She Said," "Breakage," "Bear," "The Wren from Carolina," "Some Things, Say the Wise Ones," "The Soul at Last," "Lingering in Happiness," and, especially, "Goldenrod, Late Fall." ...more
put on its red hat
and sing to us."
[from "November"]
My favorites in this collection: "Freshen the Flowers, She Said," "Breakage," "Bear," "The Wren from Carolina," "Some Things, Say the Wise Ones," "The Soul at Last," "Lingering in Happiness," and, especially, "Goldenrod, Late Fall." ...more
Beautiful. I spaced these out to savor them, reading a few each day (often when I had woken early, not in a poetic way, more in an anxious way).
Sep 21, 2019
Lee Seramur
marked it as to-read
Oct 07, 2020
Rachel Harlich
marked it as to-read
