tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post2978582390958667777..comments2024-03-21T23:30:20.105-04:00Comments on Poets Online - the blog: The Thirst of Mary OliverPoets Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11880224855001620610noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post-87336691950098944622007-08-20T11:08:00.000-04:002007-08-20T11:08:00.000-04:00Why Dont you guys use s/w to save poems. try : htt...Why Dont you guys use s/w to save poems. try : http://www.poemkeeper.com/Gaurav Vishalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187938656654044871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post-9956776976975671522007-08-14T20:37:00.000-04:002007-08-14T20:37:00.000-04:00a poem I would recommend is by the late Stanley Ku...a poem I would recommend is by the late Stanley Kunitz - it is called BENEDICTION (link provided at my name) which contains these favorite lines of mine-<BR/><BR/>God give you tears, but leave<BR/>you secrecy to grieve,<BR/><BR/>And islands for your pride,<BR/>And love to nest in your side<BR/><BR/><BR/>I enjoy your site and blog very much and appreciate your willingness to publish interesting and well written poetry from the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post-71737526976027333682007-08-12T23:55:00.000-04:002007-08-12T23:55:00.000-04:00Your comments go beyond what I assume most readers...Your comments go beyond what I assume most readers will take as a definition.<BR/><BR/>I think a poet's approach to natural prayer could be as simple as seeing it as natural as in "nature" and/or natural as opposed to the kind of formal "taught" prayers of formal religion.<BR/><BR/>I don't think that poets need to address prayer as a purely religious exercise in this case.Poets Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11880224855001620610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post-59392117053378064132007-08-12T14:49:00.000-04:002007-08-12T14:49:00.000-04:00What is "natural prayer"? Celan said: "Attentivene...What is "natural prayer"? Celan said: "Attentiveness is the natural prayer of the soul." Mary Oliver's poems all seem to be about a deep attentiveness and a "thirst" for the holy in the natural world. Isn't a prayer always an invocation of the supernatural? Isn't all nature a miracle and supernatural? Mary's poem in THIRST, "More Beautiful than the Honey Locust Tree Are the Words of the Lord," suggests that all life is a miracle and that the supernatural is the driving energy (an energy of love and beauty perhaps?)behind it all. In her poem, the idea of the supernatural or God is still something beyond the natural world...thus the paradox, the Great Koan. If we look at the experience of Jesus of Nazareth, even He, though one with God, never made himself equal to God. In the poem, the narrator says that God is "wiping the stars away," which suggests that God is the natural world yet He/She is still something beyond it. For me, God is that longing in the heart that whispers through each breath I take. He/She is that longing that waits in between each breath and thought, always there, always ready to comfort us in our pain, but not fully revealed. One with us but beyond us. The Holy Spirit at work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post-14809756487902026332007-08-10T10:27:00.000-04:002007-08-10T10:27:00.000-04:00Thanks for the link, Greg. The ideas on healing a...Thanks for the link, Greg. The ideas on healing and poetry would make a good prompt in itself - perhaps that can be another thread to use in this month's prompt.Poets Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11880224855001620610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post-88717813675054130642007-08-08T20:24:00.000-04:002007-08-08T20:24:00.000-04:00Mary Oliver Saved My Life - link to articleMary Oliver Saved My Life - link to articleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post-2837709649952682272007-08-07T00:48:00.000-04:002007-08-07T00:48:00.000-04:00You might want to look at "Prayer to Shadows on My...You might want to look at "Prayer to Shadows on My Wall" <BR/>by Mark McMorris at http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16536Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com