Commonplace miracle:
that so many commonplace miracles happen.
An ordinary miracle:
in the dead of night
the barking of invisible dogs.
One miracle out of many:
a small, airy cloud
yet it can block a large and heavy moon.
Several miracles in one:
an alder tree reflected in the water,
and that it’s backwards left to right
and that it grows there, crown down
and never reaches the bottom,
even though the water is shallow.
An everyday miracle:
winds weak to moderate
turning gusty in storms.
First among equal miracles:
cows are cows.
Second to none:
just this orchard
from just that seed.
A miracle without a cape and top hat:
scattering white doves.
A miracle, for what else could you call it:
today the sun rose at three-fourteen
and will set at eight-o-one.
A miracle, less surprising than it should be:
even though the hand has fewer than six fingers,
it still has more than four.
A miracle, just take a look around:
the world is everywhere.
An additional miracle, as everything is additional:
the unthinkable
is thinkable.
~ Wislawa Szymborska, “Miracle Fair” (tr. Joanna Trzeciak) in “Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska”
Notes:
- Poem -Thank you Beth @ Alive on All Channels. Photo/Gif: via mennyfox55
- Related Posts: Miracle. All of it.
- Inspiration: Inspired by Albert Einstein’s quote: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
and i take none of it for granted
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Yes. Especially that.
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A Miracle, like the fall of light from heavens,
your Sparrow…
Yes, I woke up chirpy this morning!
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Smiling. Well, that’s Something.
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Right?
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“I have yet to bloom a thousand times more…”
~ Qahar Aasi
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“There are wild flowers in my desert
which take up to twenty years to bloom.
…they remember what their god whispered
into their ribs: Wake up and ache for your life.”
~ Natalie Diaz
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Awwww, very good.
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But there are moments, walking, when I catch a glimpse of myself in the window glass,
say, the window of the corner video store, and I’m gripped by a cherishing so deep
for my own blowing hair, chapped face, and unbuttoned coat that I’m speechless:
I am living.
~ Marie Howe, from “What the Living Do” in From What the Living Do
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So very many miracles all around us, at every moment. We must but look… May your day be filled with delightful surprises, pal…
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Yes. Thank you Lori. You too…
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The beauty of it all!! … ~ Wislawa Szymborska, “Miracle Fair” (tr. Joanna Trzeciak) in “Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska” …
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Lovely! Thanks for introducing me to a new poet!
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I can’t speak for elsewhere,
but here on Earth we’ve got a fair supply of everything.
Here we manufacture chairs and sorrows,
scissors, tenderness, transistors, violins,
teacups, dams, and quips …
Like nowhere else, or almost nowhere,
you’re given your own torso here,
equipped with the accessories required
for adding your own children to the rest.
Not to mention arms, legs, and astounded head…
~ Wislawa Szymborska, from “Here” in “Here” translated by Clare Cavanagh, Stanislaw Baranczak (Mariner Books, August 16, 2013)
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So it happens that I am and look.
Above me a white butterfly is fluttering through the air
on wings that are its alone
and a shadow skims through my hands
that is none other, no one else’s, but its own.
When I see such things I’m no longer sure
that what’s important
is more important than what’s not.
~ Wislawa Szymborska, “No Title Required” from View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems (Harcourt Brace; 1st edition, May 26, 1995)
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My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it!
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I love the lines “the unthinkable is thinkable” … and the image of the alder tree and the several miracles that it creates. This post of yours is one of the reasons I enjoy being up early. Thanks, Dave.
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Thank you Keith. Love that line too…
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Miracles are all around us
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They are…
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You. At the drop of a hat can just throw out these lovely snippets… I can just sit back and read and smile… I got nuthin’!
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Ha!
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Lots of amazing things going on right under our noses.
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and a solid number of less than amazing things. 🙂
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I love the miracle of a rainbow! I was reading something last week about 40 degree arch and rainbows. – Christie
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Yes, so imagine, even in a photo…
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