Messenger by Marry oliver

Messenger
by Marry oliver

My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird
equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.

Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?
Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,

which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished.
The phoebe, the delphinium.
The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture.
Which is mostly rejoicing, since all ingredients are here,

which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart
and these body-clothes,
a mouth with which to give shouts of joy
to the moth and the wren, to the sleepy dug-up clam,
telling them all, over and over, how it is
that we live forever.

You have read this article English poems / Humanism quotes and poems / Inspirational and motivational poems / Inspirational pictures / Nature poems and quotes / Philosophy and Ethics poems and quotes with the title Messenger by Marry oliver. You can bookmark this page URL https://tempepoetry.blogspot.com/2012/02/messenger-by-marry-oliver.html. Thanks!