Saturday, April 21, 2018

RENEWAL

Morning Bath for a Field Sparrow
Upstate South Carolina


With Thanks to the Field Sparrow,
Whose Voice is So Delicate and Humble

By Mary Oliver

                                                     I do not live happily or comfortably
                                                     with the cleverness of our times.
                                                     The talk is all about computers, 
                                                     the news is all about bombs and blood.
                                                     This morning, in the fresh field,
                                                     I came upon a hidden nest.
                                                     It held four warm, speckled eggs.
                                                     I touched them.
                                                     Then went away softly,
                                                     having felt something more wonderful
                                                     than all the electricity of New York City.

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