May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tin… - Mary Oliver

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May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful.

Mary Oliver

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Mary Jane Oliver (10 September 1935 – 17 January 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

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That time I thought I could not go any closer to grief without dying I went closer, and I did not die.

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sing?

the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own

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