After the rain, I went back into the field of sunflowers.
It was cool, and I was anything but drowsy.
I walked slowly, and listened
to the crazy roots, in the drenched earth, laughing and growing.
~Mary Oliver, from “Sometimes” in Red Bird: Poems
Notes:
- Inspired by: “The poem’s line of flight. It should be felt by each” by René Char, from ”Formal Share,” Furor & Mystery and Other Writings (via the distance between two doors)
- Poem: Thank you Make Believe Boutique. Photo: Marko Blazevic with Field of Blooming Sunflowers at Sunset (via maybe you need this)
Simply beautiful words.
Such sensitivity….
So true. And she does it over and over and over again.
Sunflowers are so healing!
Aren’t they though…
Oliver always brings me back to center….
So me too Lori…
and how lovely they were
Yes…
Everybody loves sunflowers. I love them even more for the fact of them facing towards the sun – I’v seen it, on my trips through Southern France….. And this Mary Oliver! Aaah
Ahhh yes, magic…
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Sunflowers are beyond beautiful … ‘I walked slowly, and listened to the crazy roots, in the drenched earth, laughing and growing.’
They are beyond beautiful. I agree Horty….
Ah, can the lazy, hazy days of summer be far off?
-Alan
I’d be happy with the cool breezes of Spring at this point.
I hear ya’ Dave.
-Alan
Smiling … there’s a lot of crazy roots activity right now 💛
Laughing. So many of those and the rootless ones.
Smiling .. Don’t get me going in the exuberant blossoms coming up 😳
Mary Oliver is the bees knees. You too David.
Awwww, thank you Ilona.
Yes, yes, and YES. So very lucky when I went to Tuscany… there was one field that unexplainedly still had sunflowers while all the others were drooped over, finished for the season. Felt so other-worldly and I felt so blessed… Like the field was there just for me (ok, ok…and the group I was with…)
Awwwww…..I get it. I do.
Dave, today’s post was a perfect birthday gift: sunflowers for the Kansan, wrapped in Mary Oliver. Thank you.
So glad. Happy Birthday Stephanie!