Fires For The Cold
September 11, 2013 § 12 Comments
“For poems are not words,
after all,
but fires for the cold,
ropes let down to the lost,
something as necessary
as bread
in the pockets of the hungry.”
— Mary Oliver
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It indeed warms ; I can hear the charcoal cackle….
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Yesssss . . . . Some warm nutritious soup and fresh-baked bread for the emotionally sick, weary, and hungry that languish in strife and apathy throughout our finally-evolving world.
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yes yes 😉
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🙂
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Reblogged this on colleen kirkpatrick: Exploring & Befriending Truth and commented:
“Love all, serve all, feed all.”
“God comes before the hungry as food. Give them food first and then talk to them of God.”
— Neem Karoli Baba, Maharajji
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I also like the picture…!
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Reblogged this on Teacher as Transformer and commented:
I love Mary Oliver’s poetry. It says so much on an essential level of who we are as humans. This stanza reminded me of the old Bee Gees song and the line about “Words are all I have to take your heart away.” Thank you Coco for the original post.
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A few years ago I got to sit in a Chicago audience while Mary Oliver read her poems. A wonderful experience I will never forget!
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I would love that, she inspires me!
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Absolutely fantastic!
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Excellent expression.
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“The trees have become / suddenly very happy…”
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