Thirst by Mary Oliver - Poem for Pentecost Sunday, Year A
The Englewood Review of Books curates a weekly series of classic and contemporary poems that resonate with the themes of the lectionary readings. Here is one of the poems for this coming Sunday (More poems for Pentecost Sunday, Year A can be found here)
This poem was selected to accompany one of the
lectionary readings for the coming week, John 7:37-39
Thirst
Mary Oliver
SNIPPET:
Another morning and I wake with thirst
for the goodness I do not have. I walk
out to the pond and all the way God has
given us such beautiful lessons.
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Mary Oliver (1935-2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work is inspired by nature, rather than the human world, stemming from her lifelong passion for solitary walks in the wild. It is characterized by a sincere wonderment at the impact of natural imagery, conveyed in unadorned language. In 2007, she was declared to be the country's best-selling poet. (via Wikipedia).