Several people have written to ask, with distress in their hearts and fear in their font, if the crabby poet of yore was Mary Oliver. Please don't let it be Mary Oliver, some of the emails begged.
No, no, my buttercups. When we are in search of true Light, the Universe answers with beauty, hope, and Mary Oliver. While we are all deeply worried about the current global showdown -- which, like all violent showdowns, no matter what, can come to no good, because there's something wrong with such showdowns in the first place -- the Universe is not intentionally messing with our heads, which would be the case if Mary Oliver were a jerk. Which she, by all reports, is not. She's just very quiet.
Praise Be.
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Praise Be. Amen.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're not gonna tell us, are you?!
ReplyDeleteI'm also hoping it's not Adrienne Rich or Audre Lorde but feeling a little trembly about mentioning them :-).
Ahh. Thank you. M.O. is very quiet, but her pencil is not!
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