A Very Mary Variation
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it was a voyage just beginning
they traveled like a matched team
landscapes and moments flowing together
a quick-falling, white-veined stream
straw hillsides, citron and butter-colored
a hint of paradise
like nothing you’ve ever imagined
a miracle is taking place
Lines found in and borrowed from the poems of Mary Oliver, in this sequence:
“Goldenrod, Late Fall”
“The Snakes”
“Clapp’s Pond”
“The Dipper”
“Goldenrod”
“Am I Not Among the Early Risers”
“Humpbacks”
“This Morning”
Common Threads 