tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post2266714386694207147..comments2023-10-08T07:07:36.538-04:00Comments on Search the Sea: Poetry: Remembering to Open My EyesGannet Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-60812367599825396502007-11-29T23:09:00.000-05:002007-11-29T23:09:00.000-05:00Thsnk you...this is so very very lovely. I had he...Thsnk you...this is so very very lovely. I had head it a while back and forgotten it. It joins the rest on the bulletin board.RevDrKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06043193615563649333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-72370774983931339362007-11-28T01:31:00.000-05:002007-11-28T01:31:00.000-05:00"Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world ...<I>"Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination..."</I><BR/><BR/>This is for me...Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-6745130492833073492007-11-27T23:12:00.000-05:002007-11-27T23:12:00.000-05:00This is BEAUTIFUL, and I'd never read it before. ...This is BEAUTIFUL, and I'd never read it before. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for posting this...emmapeelDallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045502725282481075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-71191960113476086222007-11-27T09:17:00.000-05:002007-11-27T09:17:00.000-05:00Virgina, that Wendell Berry poem is right at the f...Virgina, that Wendell Berry poem is right at the front of one of my journals!Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-66788879095444862692007-11-27T08:13:00.000-05:002007-11-27T08:13:00.000-05:00That's one of the poems marked in my "Earth Prayer...That's one of the poems marked in my "Earth Prayers" book.<BR/><BR/>On the page right after that:<BR/><BR/>When despair for the world growns in me<BR/>and I wake in the night at the least sound<BR/>in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,<BR/>I go and lie down where the wood drake<BR/>rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.<BR/>I come into the peace of wild things<BR/>who do not tax their lives with forethought<BR/>of grief. I come into the presence of still water.<BR/>And I feel above me the day-blind stars<BR/>waiting with their light. For a time<BR/>I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.<BR/><BR/>Wendell BarryVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451139904242764009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-19137338287082761052007-11-26T23:13:00.000-05:002007-11-26T23:13:00.000-05:00Thank you. I love her poems, and this is an especi...Thank you. I love her poems, and this is an especially good one. And you sound so happy and optimistic! That's a good way to start the quarter.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061517211101084120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-32276665944619694812007-11-26T17:56:00.000-05:002007-11-26T17:56:00.000-05:00Mosaic woman used to be poet woman, but gave it up...Mosaic woman used to be poet woman, but gave it up since it is much more fun to cut one self on glass than paper....I am familiar with her poetry but not this one.<BR/><BR/>I need to be by water, but tend to be drawn to flowing water.<BR/><BR/>We saw a great show by geese the other day... a large flock flying really high trying to form many V's.Stratozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148600260976577216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-47743105255919806852007-11-26T17:48:00.000-05:002007-11-26T17:48:00.000-05:00Wild Geese was my first introduction to Mary Olive...Wild Geese was my first introduction to Mary Oliver. It would be hard to name a favorite.Elaine (aka...Purple) https://www.blogger.com/profile/09439199680556347830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-43846250773445014422007-11-26T15:25:00.000-05:002007-11-26T15:25:00.000-05:00YES!I discovered this poem at a week-long seminary...YES!<BR/><BR/>I discovered this poem at a week-long seminary this summer, and was glad for it then. Thank you for the reminder.Dihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501047587752329779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-2840516820283397272007-11-26T13:15:00.000-05:002007-11-26T13:15:00.000-05:00Oh, another wonderful poem of MO's...I agree she h...Oh, another wonderful poem of MO's...I agree she has a potent way with words...Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.com