Look and See
This morning, at waterside,
a sparrow flew
to a water rock and landed, by error, on the back
of an eider duck; lightly it fluttered off, amused.
The duck, too, was not provoked, but, you might say, was
laughing.
to a water rock and landed, by error, on the back
of an eider duck; lightly it fluttered off, amused.
The duck, too, was not provoked, but, you might say, was
laughing.
This afternoon a gull
sailing over
our house was casually scratching
its stomach of white feathers with one
pink foot as it flew.
our house was casually scratching
its stomach of white feathers with one
pink foot as it flew.
Oh Lord, how shining and
festive is your gift to us, if we
only look, and see.
only look, and see.
~ Mary Oliver ~
(Why I Wake
Early)
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