{"id":536,"date":"2012-04-15T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/?p=536"},"modified":"2012-04-15T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T09:40:00","slug":"morning-poem-by-mary-oliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/?p=536","title":{"rendered":"Morning Poem by Mary Oliver."},"content":{"rendered":"
Morning Poem<\/em><\/strong>
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Every morning
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the world
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is created.
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Under the orange
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sticks of the sun
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the heaped
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ashes of the night
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turn into leaves again
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and fasten themselves to the high branches —
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and the ponds appear
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like black cloth
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on which are painted islands
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of summer lilies.
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If it is your nature
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to be happy
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you will swim away along the soft trails
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for hours, your imagination
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alighting everywhere.
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And if your spirit
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carries within it
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the thorn
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that is heavier than lead —
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if it's all you can do
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to keep on trudging —
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there is still
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somewhere deep within you
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a beast shouting that the earth
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is exactly what it wanted —
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each pond with its blazing lilies
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is a prayer heard and answered
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lavishly,
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every morning,
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whether or not
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you have ever dared to be happy,
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whether or not
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you have ever dared to pray.
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from Dream Work (1986) by Mary Oliver <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Wishing everyone a wonderful Sunday \ud83d\ude42
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Love<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Sister Bridget
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