Today's poem:
Don’t Hesitate by Mary Oliver
divasofverse.com/2021/08/dont-h
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Yesterday's poem:
Animals by Hayan Charara
divasofverse.com/2021/08/animal
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Poem of the day before:
[He Said it Bummed Him Out His Dick Didn’t Work Anymore] by Diane Seuss
divasofverse.com/2021/08/he-sai
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Here's another poem by Mary Oliver:
When Death Comes
divasofverse.com/2014/04/when-d
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And another:
The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
divasofverse.com/2015/01/the-su
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One more:
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
divasofverse.com/2015/09/wild-g
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This was the poem of the day seven years ago:
St. Roach by Muriel Rukeyser
divasofverse.com/2014/08/st-roa
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Six years ago:
Question by Chinua Achebe
divasofverse.com/2015/08/questi
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Five years ago:
A Violence by Nicole Sealey
divasofverse.com/2016/08/a-viol
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Four years ago:
The Leash by Ada Limón
divasofverse.com/2017/08/the-le
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Two years ago:
In a Warm Bed (An Alba) by Tomasz Różycki
divasofverse.com/2019/08/in-war
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Last year:
From Which I Flew by Tyree Daye
divasofverse.com/2020/08/from-w
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The Fist by Mary Oliver
divasofverse.com/2015/02/the-fi
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I read her works as if they were prayer books. People who dismiss her as simplistic or trite (??!) apparently never discovered the art of deep reading. She paints with words. People all over the planet could use her gifts to slow down & appreciate the gift of life all around us.

