My [Real] Work

Daylily "Lavender Vista"


The daylily pictured above is called "Lavender Vista," from the All American Daylily series. I planted it in LaMama's yard back when I worked as an analyst for a nursery and had access to all kinds of beautiful plants. It is in glorious bloom right now.

My friend, Becky shared the following poem with me. I love it. Enjoy.
~Pat




Messenger
by Mary Oliver
My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird—
equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.
Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?
Am I no longer young, and still half-perfect? Let me
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished.
The phoebe, the delphinium.
The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture.
Which is mostly rejoicing, since all the ingredients are here,
which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart
and these body-clothes,
a mouth with which to give shouts of joy
to the moth and the wren, to the sleepy dug-up clam,
telling them all, over and over, how it is
that we live forever.

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