Lainesblog Thinking Out Loud

From the book of poems, BLUE HORSES by Mary Oliver

…Bless the words with which I try to say

what I see, think, or feel.

With gratitude for the grace of the earth.

The expected and the exception, both.

For all the hours I have been given to

be in this world.

The multiplicity of forms! The hummingbird,

the fox, the raven, the sparrow hawk, the

otter, the dragonfly, the water lily! And

on and on. It must be a great disappointment

to God if we are not dazzled at least ten

times a day.

…

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

From the poem Good morning

Egret at the inlet taking flight! ©2019 Laine Quinn