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Posted by fayeroe on March 10, 2004, at 6:34:51
MOCKINGBIRDS
by Mary OliverThis morning
two mockingbirds
in the green field
were spinning and tossing
the white ribbons
of their songs
into the air.
I had nothing
better to do
than listen.
I mean this
seriously.
In Greece,
a long time ago,
an old couple
opened their door
to two strangers
who were,
it soon appeared,
not men at all,
but gods.
It is my favorite story--
how the old couple
had almost nothing to give
but their willingness
to be attentive--
but for this alone
the gods loved them
and blessed them--
when they rose
out of their mortal bodies,
like a million particles of water
from a fountain,
the light
swept into all the corners
of the cottage,
and the old couple,
shaken with understanding,
bowed down--
but still they asked for nothing
but the difficult life
which they had already.
And the gods smiled, as they vanished,
clapping their great wings.
Wherever it was
I was supposed to be
this morning--
whatever it was I said
I would be doing--
I was standing
at the edge of the field--
I was hurrying
through my own soul,
opening its dark doors--
I was leaning out;
I was listening.I was watching the residence mockingbirds where I work yesterday and thought of sharing this poem with you.
Posted by socialdeviantjeff on March 12, 2004, at 2:10:53
In reply to Mockingbirds*********, posted by fayeroe on March 10, 2004, at 6:34:51
Posted by fayeroe on March 12, 2004, at 6:18:03
In reply to I like it :) (nm), posted by socialdeviantjeff on March 12, 2004, at 2:10:53
I wish I could write poetry like Mary Oliver writes..........but I can't. I write books but poetry is what makes my little heart pitter=patter.....especially Mary Oliver. And Billy Collins does a number on me. And the man that I posted something by recently, Charles Harper Webb........just discovered him.
It also makes me smile when someone else connects with the poetry that I post..Pat
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