Mary Oliver - Next Time

Mary Oliver - Next Time

Next time what I'd do is look at br the earth before saying anything. I'd stop br just before going into a house br and be an emperor for a minute br and listen better to the wind br or to the air being still. br br When anyone talked to me, whether br blame or praise or just passing time, br I'd watch the face, how the mouth br has to work, and see any strain, any br sign of what lifted the voice. br br And for all, I'd know more -- the earth br bracing itself and soaring, the air br finding every leaf and feather over br forest and water, and for every person br the body glowing inside the clothes br like a light.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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