Last Night the Rain Spoke to Me”Last nightPhoto by Shawn NystrandPhoto by Shawn Nystrandthe rainspoke to meslowly, saying,what joyto come fallingout of the brisk cloud…That’s what it saidas it dropped,smelling of iron,and vanished…Then it was over.The sky cleared.I was standingunder a tree.The tree was a treewith happy leaves,and I was myself,and there were stars in […]
Author : Mary Oliver
I worked privately, and sometimes I feel that might be better for poets than the kind of social workshop gathering. My school was the great poets: I read, and I read, and I read. – Mary Oliver