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"Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us." (Walt Whitman)
#MaryMonday #Hughesday #WhitmanWednesday
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"Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us." (Walt Whitman)
#MaryMonday #Hughesday #WhitmanWednesday
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He does not enter a house at night, or when it rains.
He is not afraid of the wind, though he is cautious.
He watches the snake, that stripe of black fire,
until it flows away[...]
He keeps his prayer under his tongue.
In his whole life he has never missed the rising of the sun
#MaryOliver #Caturday
He is not afraid of the wind, though he is cautious.
He watches the snake, that stripe of black fire,
until it flows away[...]
He keeps his prayer under his tongue.
In his whole life he has never missed the rising of the sun
#MaryOliver #Caturday
February 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
He does not enter a house at night, or when it rains.
He is not afraid of the wind, though he is cautious.
He watches the snake, that stripe of black fire,
until it flows away[...]
He keeps his prayer under his tongue.
In his whole life he has never missed the rising of the sun
#MaryOliver #Caturday
He is not afraid of the wind, though he is cautious.
He watches the snake, that stripe of black fire,
until it flows away[...]
He keeps his prayer under his tongue.
In his whole life he has never missed the rising of the sun
#MaryOliver #Caturday
What I want to say is that the past is the past,
and the present is what your life is, and you are capable
of choosing what that will be, darling citizen
So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing
and put your lips to the world
And live your life
#MaryOliver
and the present is what your life is, and you are capable
of choosing what that will be, darling citizen
So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing
and put your lips to the world
And live your life
#MaryOliver
February 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What I want to say is that the past is the past,
and the present is what your life is, and you are capable
of choosing what that will be, darling citizen
So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing
and put your lips to the world
And live your life
#MaryOliver
and the present is what your life is, and you are capable
of choosing what that will be, darling citizen
So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing
and put your lips to the world
And live your life
#MaryOliver
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
The last scud of day holds back for me,
It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the shadow’d wilds,
It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk."
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOFMyself
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
The last scud of day holds back for me,
It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the shadow’d wilds,
It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk."
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOFMyself
February 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
The last scud of day holds back for me,
It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the shadow’d wilds,
It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk."
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOFMyself
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
The last scud of day holds back for me,
It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the shadow’d wilds,
It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk."
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOFMyself
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“Re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your soul. (Walt Whitman). For that to be the opportunity afforded, you must reflect on what is in your soul.
February 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“Re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your soul. (Walt Whitman). For that to be the opportunity afforded, you must reflect on what is in your soul.
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You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, not look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books. You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, you shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself.
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
February 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, not look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books. You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, you shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself.
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
"What is money for?
To spend, he says.
And wine?
To drink.
And women?
To love.
And today?
For joy.
And tomorrow?
For joy.
And the green sea
For strength,
And the brown land
For laughter.
And nothing hereafter."
#Poetry #LangstonHughes #YoungSailor #Hughesday
To spend, he says.
And wine?
To drink.
And women?
To love.
And today?
For joy.
And tomorrow?
For joy.
And the green sea
For strength,
And the brown land
For laughter.
And nothing hereafter."
#Poetry #LangstonHughes #YoungSailor #Hughesday
February 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"What is money for?
To spend, he says.
And wine?
To drink.
And women?
To love.
And today?
For joy.
And tomorrow?
For joy.
And the green sea
For strength,
And the brown land
For laughter.
And nothing hereafter."
#Poetry #LangstonHughes #YoungSailor #Hughesday
To spend, he says.
And wine?
To drink.
And women?
To love.
And today?
For joy.
And tomorrow?
For joy.
And the green sea
For strength,
And the brown land
For laughter.
And nothing hereafter."
#Poetry #LangstonHughes #YoungSailor #Hughesday
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Langston Hughes Quoted:
O, let America be America again
The land that never has been yet
And yet must be – the land where every man is free.”
“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly” 💯💙
O, let America be America again
The land that never has been yet
And yet must be – the land where every man is free.”
“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly” 💯💙
February 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Langston Hughes Quoted:
O, let America be America again
The land that never has been yet
And yet must be – the land where every man is free.”
“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly” 💯💙
O, let America be America again
The land that never has been yet
And yet must be – the land where every man is free.”
“Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly” 💯💙
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Reposted by Poetry Living
I illustrated one of my favorite poems (wild geese by Mary Oliver) so I could frame it and hang it in m bedroom ✨
February 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I illustrated one of my favorite poems (wild geese by Mary Oliver) so I could frame it and hang it in m bedroom ✨
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Things!
Burn them, burn them! Make a beautiful fire! More room in your heart for love, for the trees! For the birds who own nothing—the reason they can fly.
-Mary Oliver
Burn them, burn them! Make a beautiful fire! More room in your heart for love, for the trees! For the birds who own nothing—the reason they can fly.
-Mary Oliver
February 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Things!
Burn them, burn them! Make a beautiful fire! More room in your heart for love, for the trees! For the birds who own nothing—the reason they can fly.
-Mary Oliver
Burn them, burn them! Make a beautiful fire! More room in your heart for love, for the trees! For the birds who own nothing—the reason they can fly.
-Mary Oliver
"The man who has many answers
is often found
in the theaters of information
where he offers, graciously,
his deep findings.
While the man who has only questions,
to comfort himself, makes music."
#MaryOliver #TheManWhoHasManyAnswers #MaryMonday
is often found
in the theaters of information
where he offers, graciously,
his deep findings.
While the man who has only questions,
to comfort himself, makes music."
#MaryOliver #TheManWhoHasManyAnswers #MaryMonday
February 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"The man who has many answers
is often found
in the theaters of information
where he offers, graciously,
his deep findings.
While the man who has only questions,
to comfort himself, makes music."
#MaryOliver #TheManWhoHasManyAnswers #MaryMonday
is often found
in the theaters of information
where he offers, graciously,
his deep findings.
While the man who has only questions,
to comfort himself, makes music."
#MaryOliver #TheManWhoHasManyAnswers #MaryMonday
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Over the years, I've found comfort in writing out other people's #poetry and drawing little sketches to accompany them. Please enjoy Mary Oliver's "What Gorgeous Thing" with a cute, fat birb and spring blossoms.
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February 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Over the years, I've found comfort in writing out other people's #poetry and drawing little sketches to accompany them. Please enjoy Mary Oliver's "What Gorgeous Thing" with a cute, fat birb and spring blossoms.
💙📚🐦🌱🌸🪶
💙📚🐦🌱🌸🪶
February 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
I beat and pound for the dead,
I blow through my embouchures my loudest and gayest for them.
Vivas to those who have fail'd!"
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOfMyself #WhitmanWednesday
I beat and pound for the dead,
I blow through my embouchures my loudest and gayest for them.
Vivas to those who have fail'd!"
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOfMyself #WhitmanWednesday
February 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
I beat and pound for the dead,
I blow through my embouchures my loudest and gayest for them.
Vivas to those who have fail'd!"
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOfMyself #WhitmanWednesday
I beat and pound for the dead,
I blow through my embouchures my loudest and gayest for them.
Vivas to those who have fail'd!"
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOfMyself #WhitmanWednesday
February 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today is the 62nd anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath, who captured loneliness in a way that continues to resonate with so many.
#Poetry #SylviaPlath #TheUnabridgedJournals
#Poetry #SylviaPlath #TheUnabridgedJournals
February 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Today is the 62nd anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath, who captured loneliness in a way that continues to resonate with so many.
#Poetry #SylviaPlath #TheUnabridgedJournals
#Poetry #SylviaPlath #TheUnabridgedJournals
"They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed,—
I, too, am America."
#LangstonHughes #TheWearyBlues #BlackHistoryMonth #Hughesday
And be ashamed,—
I, too, am America."
#LangstonHughes #TheWearyBlues #BlackHistoryMonth #Hughesday
February 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed,—
I, too, am America."
#LangstonHughes #TheWearyBlues #BlackHistoryMonth #Hughesday
And be ashamed,—
I, too, am America."
#LangstonHughes #TheWearyBlues #BlackHistoryMonth #Hughesday
"We are not women who measure ourselves by the underestimation of others
[...]
Women are the schoolhouses of our humanity
Women are the architects of our communities
Women are the prophets of our potential"
#MerallSherif
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM 🧪
[...]
Women are the schoolhouses of our humanity
Women are the architects of our communities
Women are the prophets of our potential"
#MerallSherif
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM 🧪
February 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"We are not women who measure ourselves by the underestimation of others
[...]
Women are the schoolhouses of our humanity
Women are the architects of our communities
Women are the prophets of our potential"
#MerallSherif
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM 🧪
[...]
Women are the schoolhouses of our humanity
Women are the architects of our communities
Women are the prophets of our potential"
#MerallSherif
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM 🧪
“A lifetime isn’t long enough for the beauty of this world
and the responsibilities of your life.
Scatter your flowers over the graves, and walk away.
Be good-natured and untidy in your exuberance.”
#Poetry #MaryOliver #TheLeafAndTheCloud
and the responsibilities of your life.
Scatter your flowers over the graves, and walk away.
Be good-natured and untidy in your exuberance.”
#Poetry #MaryOliver #TheLeafAndTheCloud
February 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“A lifetime isn’t long enough for the beauty of this world
and the responsibilities of your life.
Scatter your flowers over the graves, and walk away.
Be good-natured and untidy in your exuberance.”
#Poetry #MaryOliver #TheLeafAndTheCloud
and the responsibilities of your life.
Scatter your flowers over the graves, and walk away.
Be good-natured and untidy in your exuberance.”
#Poetry #MaryOliver #TheLeafAndTheCloud
"Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know."
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOfMyself
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know."
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOfMyself
February 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know."
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOfMyself
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know."
#Poetry #WaltWhitman #SongOfMyself
"Why do I have so many thoughts, they are driving me crazy.
Why am I always going anywhere, instead of somewhere?
Listen to me or not, it hardly matters.
I’m not trying to be wise, that would be foolish."
Why am I always going anywhere, instead of somewhere?
Listen to me or not, it hardly matters.
I’m not trying to be wise, that would be foolish."
February 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"Why do I have so many thoughts, they are driving me crazy.
Why am I always going anywhere, instead of somewhere?
Listen to me or not, it hardly matters.
I’m not trying to be wise, that would be foolish."
Why am I always going anywhere, instead of somewhere?
Listen to me or not, it hardly matters.
I’m not trying to be wise, that would be foolish."
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yes, I am willing to be that wild darkness,
that long,
blue body of light.
~Mary Oliver
that long,
blue body of light.
~Mary Oliver
February 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
yes, I am willing to be that wild darkness,
that long,
blue body of light.
~Mary Oliver
that long,
blue body of light.
~Mary Oliver
"I thought the earth remembered me, she
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
[...]
By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better."
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
[...]
By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better."
February 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"I thought the earth remembered me, she
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
[...]
By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better."
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
[...]
By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better."
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“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
—Mary Oliver
#joshuatree #rockwren #attention #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak
—Mary Oliver
#joshuatree #rockwren #attention #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak
February 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
—Mary Oliver
#joshuatree #rockwren #attention #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak
—Mary Oliver
#joshuatree #rockwren #attention #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak
"My mother
was the mossy stream out behind the house [...]
My father
was a demon of frustrated dreams [...]
I sweep the closets.
I leave the house.
I mention them now,
I will not mention them again.
It is not lack of love
nor lack of sorrow.
But the iron thing they carried, I will not carry."
was the mossy stream out behind the house [...]
My father
was a demon of frustrated dreams [...]
I sweep the closets.
I leave the house.
I mention them now,
I will not mention them again.
It is not lack of love
nor lack of sorrow.
But the iron thing they carried, I will not carry."
February 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"My mother
was the mossy stream out behind the house [...]
My father
was a demon of frustrated dreams [...]
I sweep the closets.
I leave the house.
I mention them now,
I will not mention them again.
It is not lack of love
nor lack of sorrow.
But the iron thing they carried, I will not carry."
was the mossy stream out behind the house [...]
My father
was a demon of frustrated dreams [...]
I sweep the closets.
I leave the house.
I mention them now,
I will not mention them again.
It is not lack of love
nor lack of sorrow.
But the iron thing they carried, I will not carry."