Sunday, January 27, 2008

A doorway


Another Mary Oliver poem that I appreciate:
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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 -

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