today I feel like music
today I want to sing
whistle
and sing
.
. . .
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The dream of my life
is to lie down by a slow river
And stare at the light in the trees –
To learn something by being nothing
A little while…
— Mary Oliver, from Entering the Kingdom
How to Do Absolutely Nothing
Rent a house near the beach, or a cabin
but: Do not take your walking shoes.
Don’t take any clothes you’d wear
anyplace anyone would see you.
Don’t take your rechargeables.
Take Scrabble if you have to,
but not a dictionary and no
pencils for keeping score.
Don’t take a cookbook
or anything to cook.
A fishing pole, ok
but not the line,
hook, sinker,
leave it all.
Find out
what’s
left.
— Barbara Kingsolver, From How to Fly – In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons
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. . .
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there is a certain feeling
that you can have
when you relax
into your hammock
on a perfectly hot day
what’s the word for it?
ah, yes!
HEAVENLY
.
. . .
.
let’s do some more poetry
mangle the words
playfully
throw the rules out
out of the window
also the grammar
And put the rhyme
thru the slammer
let us have . . . poetry
.
. . .
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