Can You Imagine? (Poem by Mary Oliver)

Can You Imagine? (Poem by Mary Oliver)

Can You Imagine poem by Mary Oliver

Can you imagine?

For example, what the trees do
not only in lightning storms
or the watery dark of a summer’s night
or under the white nets of winter
but now, and now, and now – whenever
we’re not looking. Surely you can’t imagine
they don’t dance, from the root up, wishing
to travel a little, not cramped so much as wanting
a better view, or more sun, or just as avidly
more shade – surely you can’t imagine they just
stand there loving every
minute of it, the birds or the emptiness, the dark rings
of the years slowly and without a sound
thickening, and nothing different unless the wind,
and then only in its own mood, comes
to visit, surely you can’t imagine
patience, and happiness, like that.

by Mary Oliver

I work to amplify good wherever I find it. I love color, texture, beauty, great ideas, nature, metaphor, deliciousness, genuine spirituality, and exploring new territory. I encourage authenticity, nurture creativity, champion sustainability, promote peace, and hope to foster a new renaissance where we all are free to be our most fulfilled, multifaceted, and terrific selves. Read more here.

1 Comment

  1. Sue Krevitt 2 years ago

    WONderful Poem!

    And thank y-o-u for…”encouraging [my] authenticity, nurturing [my] creativity…championing sustainability, promote peace, and hope to foster a new renaissance where I feel more free to be our most fulfilled, multifaceted, and terrific selves.”

    Such a great gift to our world!

    :<)))

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