Sunday, July 13, 2025

HAPPY SUNDAY EVERYONE - A POEM FROM A FAVORITE


I thought the earth remembered me,
she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
I slept as never before, a stone on the riverbed,
nothing between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths
among the branches of the perfect trees.
All night I heard the small kingdoms
breathing around me, the insects
and the birds who do their work in the darkness.
All night I rose and fell, as if in water
grappling with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better


Sleeping in the Forest

~Mary Oliver~








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5 comments:

  1. RitaJune 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM

    Just what I needed right now.
    Love Mary Oliver!
    Thanks so much!

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  2. Linda's Relaxing LairJuly 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM

    Beautiful illustration and poem, dear friend 🧡 Thank 😊 🙏 you, Denise.

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  3. Kay G.July 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM

    Lovely poem. Painting goes with it perfectly. Who did that?

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  4. The Feminine EnergyJuly 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM

    Oooooooooh, Mary Oliver!! Doesn't get much better than that! Love, Andrea xoxo

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  5. My Mind's EyeJuly 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM

    Denise what a lovely poem....thank you for sharing them. Most are new to me.
    Of course I love the red dress too
    Hugs cecilia

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