Monday, January 13, 2003

Mockingbirds Comments

Rating: 3.2

This morning
two mockingbirds
in the green field
were spinning and tossing
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Mary Oliver
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Eric Paul Shaffer 04 July 2005

I admire this poem about a human actually listening to what the world says. It is an impressive statement of commitment, of certainty about what is important in our days, of respect for all the living on the planet, and most of all, it is a clear statement that what the other inhabitants of this planet can do is just as good, and sometimes better, than what we do. This one is a gem.

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