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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.
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.
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Friday, April 5, 2019
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Leonard Cohen , By The Rivers Dark
'This heart:
It is not yours.'
moving to Ireland, still park, Helen's Bar, my boat and way home by ferry, part 4
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
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
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