Drive-by poetry spam

Jun 20, 2008 13:31

From Mary Oliver's new book "Red Bird" from Beacon Press, because it seems like something we all need right now.

Swimming, One Day in August

It is time now, I said,
for the deepening and quieting of the spirit
among the flux of happenings.

Something had pestered me so much
I thought my heart would break.
I mean, the mechanical part.

I went down in the afternoon
to the sea
which held me, until I grew easy.

About tomorrow, who knows anything.
Except that it will be time, again,
for the deepening and quieting of the spirit.

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