mornings with mary sunflowers

the sunflowers

Come with me
into the field of sunflowers.
Their faces are burnished disks,
their dry spines

creak like ship masts,
their green leaves,
so heavy and many,
fill all day with the sticky

sugars of the sun.
Come with me
to visit the sunflowers,
they are shy

but want to be friends;
they have wonderful stories
of when they were young -
the important weather,

the wandering crows.
Don't be afraid
to ask them questions!
Their bright faces, 

which follow the sun,
will listen, and all
those rows of seeds -
each one a new life!

hope for a deeper acquaintance;
each of them, though it stands
in a crowd of many,
like a separate universe,

is lonely, the long work
of turning their lives
into a celebration
is not easy. Come

and let us talk with those modest faces,
the simple garments of leaves,
the coarse roots in the earth
so uprightly burning

mary oliver

 

mornings with mary

(two of my besties)

 

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Comments

[Sue Fox]

I'm so happy to be among the sunflowers with you today, yes sometimes life feels 'lonely' and like 'long hard work' turning life into a 'celebration'!

But there's many a Mary to help! x

[Hettienne Grobler]

Thank you for holding this space for us every Monday, Rebecca. May your week be filled with beautiful tender moments - Mary Oliver on a Monday - so fitting!

[priti.lisa]

I love your Mary(s) today...
That is one of the best poems
what it takes to become a beacon.

You do know just the right
way to make a perfect post :)
♥♥♥

[Magical Mystical Teacher]

Sunflower faces, and the face of Mary--sometimes inscrutable, but always lovely!

[Lizbeth]

A lovely, lovely post. Mary Oliver is the best! Turning our lives into celebrations! What a wonderful goal. I hope your week is full of celebrations, Rebecca.xx

[Stephanie]

how I love Mary Oliver's words...and yours.

home again...refreshed, just wanting a tiny sign of spring though :)

x...x

[miss Robyn]

this reminded me so much of being in the aged care with my mum.. those elderly people with so much to share, wanting to share and so, so many don't take the time to be with them..
love this poem. thankyou so much for sharing xoxo

[Sam Edge, Writer]

What a beautiful site!