Wild Geese, Mary Oliver

WILD GEESE
Mary Oliver
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting —
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

Thursday, April 4, 2019

moving to Ireland, still park, Helen's Bar, my boat and way home by ferry, part 4







                                                       left over from park, see part 3


                                                     Helen's Bar


                                                      last day bought this boat in Rosslare
                                                    ferry home


moving to ireland, excursions to beaches, to park all around and near,also to Rock of Cashel, not so near, part 3












                     Derrynane Beach
                       Rock of  Cashel
















moving to Sneem, Co.Kerry, Ireland, part 2, house

                                                           for firewood

                                                           to go up the hill for a view of the sea


                                                           my writing desk window


                                              bench bought in Sneem








                                                 garden shed, ordered online








                                                     my view of the sea, Kenmare river



                                                      neighbour cows



                                                    still this for guests