Friday, June 11, 2010

The Summer Day

"I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"

For some reason this was printed in my local newspaper, an excerpt from Mary Oliver's famous poem, "The Summer Day." The last line is so perfect!

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