A Very Mary Variation of Allusion
How Well Do You Know Me?
if you are
reading this blog
you should know
that of all
the poetic lines
I love in this world
-and there are plenty-
very near the top
of my list
is the one
that asks what it is
that I plan to do
with my one wild and precious life
Borrowed lines taken from
these poems of Mary Oliver:
“If You are Holding This Book”
“The Summer Day”
Common Threads 