American poet
And did you see it, finally, just under the clouds -
A white cross
Streaming across the sky, its feet
Like black leaves, its wings
Like the stretching light of the river?
And did you feel it, in your heart, how it pertained to everything?
And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for?
And have you changed your life?
(from Swan: Poems and Prose Poems, 2010)
Another discovery for me, the
poetry of Mary Oliver, where have I been all her life?
Her muse is strong, her words have
the gentle bite of
truth, a deep longing for full awareness…..
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