The late great Mary Oliver’s advice for life ❣️ “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
added by lili and · updated 5d ago
The late great Mary Oliver’s advice for life ❣️ “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
added by lili and · updated 5d ago
Mary Oliver: Morning Poem
Every morning
the world
is created.
Under the orange
sticks of the sun
the heaped
ashes of the night
turn into leaves again
and fasten themselves to the high branches–
and the ponds appear
like black cloth
on which are painted islands
of summer lilies.
If it is your nature
to be happy
you will swim away along the soft trails
for hours, you
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