"The Sun", by Mary Oliver
Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun, every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon...
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susanalabordeblaj
May 231 min read
"A Thought Went up My Mind Today", by Emily Dickinson
This morning in class we had a conversation around "Spring Azures" by Mary Oliver, the poem I read, which made me think of a quote I...
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susanalabordeblaj
Feb 111 min read
"First Yoga Class", by Mary Oliver
I read this poem before, but just a few days ago, lying down in savasana, at the end of a beautiful yoga practice guided by Baxter Bell,...
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susanalabordeblaj
Dec 3, 20231 min read
"In Blackwater Woods", by Mary Oliver
I remembered part of this poem, by Mary Oliver, and shared it during my online yoga classes. Here is the full poem: In Blackwater Woods...
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susanalabordeblaj
Oct 29, 20231 min read
"One or Two Things", by Mary Oliver
This poem makes me think of two important concepts: Vairagya, which can be translated as relinquishing or dispassion, and impermanence. A...
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susanalabordeblaj
Oct 29, 20231 min read
"Three Things To Remember", by Mary Oliver
As long as you’re dancing, you can break the rules. Sometimes breaking the rules is just extending the rules. Sometimes there are no...
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susanalabordeblaj
Oct 25, 20231 min read
"What Gorgeous Thing", by Mary Oliver
Looking for some Mary Oliver poems to read in the next Mexico Viniyoga Retreat, found this one: What Gorgeous Thing by Mary Oliver I do...
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susanalabordeblaj
Oct 25, 20231 min read
"The Other Kingdoms", by Mary Oliver
Just opened randomly her book "Devotions". Look what I found on page 93. The Other Kingdoms by Mary Oliver Consider the other kingdoms. ...
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susanalabordeblaj
Sep 17, 20231 min read
"The Uses of Sorrow", by Mary Oliver
A dear student reminded me of this poem a few days ago. The Uses of Sorrow by Mary Oliver Someone I loved once gave me a box full of...
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susanalabordeblaj
Sep 7, 20231 min read
"Messenger", by Mary Oliver
So wonderful to read this poem today! Another gift from my Poetry Fairy, Toni Goodman. Messenger Mary Oliver My work is loving the world....
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susanalabordeblaj
Mar 26, 20231 min read
"Poem 133: The Summer Day", by Mary Oliver
A dear student mentioned this poem in class a few days ago (thank you for reminding us of this one, Eileen!): Poem 133: The Summer Day...
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susanalabordeblaj
Aug 28, 20221 min read
"Poem Of The One World", by Mary Oliver
My friend Toni Goodman shared this beautiful Mary Oliver poem with us. Thank you Toni, my poetry mentor! Poem of the One World Mary...
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susanalabordeblaj
Mar 20, 20191 min read
"I Worried", by Mary Oliver
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and if not how...
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susanalabordeblaj
Feb 14, 20191 min read
"Of Love", by Mary Oliver
I have been in love more times than one, thank the Lord. Sometimes it was lasting whether active or not. Sometimes it was all but...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jan 20, 20192 min read
"To Begin With The Sweet Grass", by Mary Oliver
Will the hungry ox stand in the field and not eat of the sweet grass? Will the owl bite off its own wings? Will the lark forget to lift...
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susanalabordeblaj
Aug 28, 20181 min read
"At Blackwater Pond", by Mary Oliver
At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a long time. It tastes like...
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susanalabordeblaj
Apr 23, 20181 min read
"Poppies", by Mary Oliver
The poppies send up their orange flares; swaying in the wind, their congregations are a levitation of bright dust, of thin and lacy...
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susanalabordeblaj
Sep 20, 20171 min read
"Landscape", by Mary Oliver
Landscape Mary Oliver Isn't it plain the sheets of moss, except that they have no tongues, could lecture all day if they wanted about ...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jul 11, 20171 min read
"Upstream" excerpt, by Mary Oliver
Sometimes the desire to be lost again, as long ago, comes over me like a vapor. With growth into adulthood, responsibilities claimed me,...
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susanalabordeblaj
Jun 1, 20171 min read
"Mysteries, Yes", by Mary Oliver
MYSTERIES, YES by Mary Oliver, from Evidence (Beacon Press) Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass...
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