Category: Poetry
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List #29: some things I’ve Been Reading
I do try to round up the books I finish reading each month, but there are some books that I read over months/years. Some are the type of books that need to be read one page at a time, poetry springs to mind. Others are dense with short chapters that I pick up for a…
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Let me ask you this
Let me ask you this.Do you also think that beauty exists for some fabulous reason? And, if you have not been enchanted by this adventure— your life—what would do for you? To Begin With, The Sweet Grass by Mary Oliver Superb Fairy Wrens were crowned the Australian 2021 bird of the year, and I can…
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“Mindful” by Mary Oliver
I think this might be my favourite poem. The reminder to look and listen, it dovetails with my current read — “How to Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy” which I’ll have more to say about once I’ve had some time to digest it. I have many photos similar to the one above, trying to capture…