I don't know how it is for others, but I've turned to poetry more than I ever have since grabbling with the climate emergency. It almost requires poetry. These Mary Oliver poems are so important... The Summer Day Moments Wild Geese The Journey
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I love this line from Mary Oliver's The Sweetness of Dogs. I love the entire poem. oh! how rich it is to love the world.https://wordsfortheyear.com/2014/02/11/the-sweetness-of-dogs/ …
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Invitation By Mary Oliverhttps://wordsfortheyear.com/2017/08/28/invitation-by-mary-oliver/ …
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@bethsawin piece explores what it means to love the world as we grapple with the climate emergency, and helps explain why Mary Oliver's poetry has been indispensable for me. Oliver's poems help us *notice* the world, and therefor, love it more deeply.https://twitter.com/bethsawin/status/1129007402324512768 …Show this thread -
"'Attention is the beginning of devotion.' And, of course, this is so. The unnoticed can’t possibly be loved." "A world worthy of attachment exists outside ourselves, and the alternative is numbness and narcissism."
@FranklinFoer on Mary Oliverhttps://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/05/mary-olivers-poetry-captures-our-relationship-technology/589039/ …Show this thread
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