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greatpoetry2005-03-10 11:47 am
ravengirl.livejournal.com) wrote in greatpoetry2005-03-10 11:47 am
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mary oliver
the poem is not the world.
it isn't even the first page of the world.
but the poem wants to flower, like a flower.
it knows that much.
it wants to open itself,
like the door of a little temple,
so that you might step inside and be cooled and refreshed,
and less yourself than part of everything.
~mary oliver
excerpt from the poem "flare"
from the book the leaf and the cloud
it isn't even the first page of the world.
but the poem wants to flower, like a flower.
it knows that much.
it wants to open itself,
like the door of a little temple,
so that you might step inside and be cooled and refreshed,
and less yourself than part of everything.
~mary oliver
excerpt from the poem "flare"
from the book the leaf and the cloud