Saturday, May 7, 2016

A Short Trip

I was thinking of putting something together in recognition of Mother's Day so I took just a short trip out my front door to the flower bed running alongside my house. The Iris patch is especially bountiful this Spring. And we had a light rain this afternoon.


Praying
by Mary Oliver

It doesn't have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don't try
to make them elaborate, this isn't
a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak. 


 Happy Mother's Day to all those who embody in spirit and action the role of "Mother".