januaryhoney:rain, new year’s eve, maggie smith / for example, mary oliver / the thing is, ell
januaryhoney:rain, new year’s eve, maggie smith / for example, mary oliver / the thing is, ellen bass [ID: three images containing excerpts from the poems listed in the caption. all use the same font of black text on a white background. excerpt 1, rain, new year’s eve by maggie smith: Let me love the cold rain’s plinking. / Let me love the world the way I lovemy young son, not only when / he cups my face in his sticky hands, but when, roughhousing, / he accidentally splits my lip. Let me love the world like a mother. / Let me be tender when it lets me down. Let me listen to the rain’s one note / and hear a beginner’s song.excerpt 2, for example by mary oliver. note that the first line of this excerpt is highlighted in yellow:I love this world, even in its hard places. / A bird, too, must love the world, / even in its hard places / So, even if effort may come to nothing, / you have to do something.excerpt 3, the thing is by ellen bass: Then you hold life like a face / between your palms, a plain face, / no charming smile, no violet eyes, / and you say, yes, I will take you / I will love you, again.end ID.] -- source link
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