I am a performing artist; I perform admiration. 'Come with … - Mary Oliver

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I am a performing artist; I perform admiration.
'Come with me', I want my poems to say. 'And do the same

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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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And consider, always, every day, the determination of the grass to grow despite the unending obstacles.

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I did think, let's go about this slowly.
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But, bless us, we didn't.

I am a performing artist; I perform admiration. 'Come with me', I want my poems to say. 'And do the same - Mary Oliver

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