tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post7505002011612284465..comments2024-03-22T10:49:51.766-05:00Comments on Horizons: Claire de LuneNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-29245926976073877852012-04-22T21:44:42.947-05:002012-04-22T21:44:42.947-05:00You shot, you scored! That was more or less what ...You shot, you scored! That was more or less what I had in mind. Beautiful poem, not one I remember. I appreciate it and you!Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-89276998137473643902012-04-22T21:34:01.021-05:002012-04-22T21:34:01.021-05:00The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
I don't know ex...The Summer Day by Mary Oliver<br /><br />I don't know exactly what a prayer is.<br />I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down<br />into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,<br />how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,<br />which is what I have been doing all day.<br />Tell me, what else should I have done?<br />Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?<br />Tell me, what is it you plan to do<br />with your one wild and precious life?Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-30067010265248363622012-04-22T21:25:09.169-05:002012-04-22T21:25:09.169-05:00I can hear Miles Davis coming in right on top of t...I can hear Miles Davis coming in right on top of this, just like he did on "Blue in Green."<br /><br />More to the point, I often think of things we have lost in modernity that are what make us human, and time spent with the moon is one of them. Our ancestors knew it intimately, and most of us I imagine pay it very little attention.<br /><br />I guess I know what I need to do with my life.Billhttp://freeandeasywandering.com/noreply@blogger.com