Sunday, January 30, 2011

Praying.... Mary Oliver


Praying

It doesn’t have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn’t
a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.

~Mary Oliver

2 comments:

  1. which book? I haven't heard this one yet, but I have only read a few of her books.

    you know who gave me my first mary oliver book?

    Betsy.

    Which blows me away, because I see a lot of her in Mary Oliver's poetry.

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  2. Betsy, huh? I'm going to have to read more of her works. Wonder how Betsy came to know her?

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