To live in this worldYou can read the whole poem here.
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
—Mary Oliver , "In Blackwater Woods"
Friday, September 18, 2009
To live in this world
A friend emailed last night to invite me to a reading by Mary Oliver, and immediately I thought of these lines that I love, these lines that arrived in one of the very first cards after Henry died:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Powerful and moving words.
ReplyDeleteSara thank you for this, its beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWow - that hits home. Absolutely stunning.
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful Sara. Its just what the Doctor ordered I will go and read the whole poem. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBTW are you going to go to the reading?
I'm not sure about the reading yet. I really want to go. Just figuring out Kathleen care.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this. It's gorgeous, and I am now running off to find and check out Mary Oliver books to share with N over the weekend.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, thank you for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to think I can manage the first two but the last one, not yet. xo