A Poem For Today - Extracts from The Leaf and The Cloud

[KEN DICKINSON]



Extracts from The Leaf and The Cloud

The poem is not the world

It isn't even the first page of the world.

But the poem wants to flower, like a flower

It knows that much.

It wants to open itself,

like the door of a little temple,

so that you might step inside

and be cooled and refreshed,

and less yourself

than a part of everything.

Therefore, tell me

what will engage you?

What will open the dark fields

of your mind,

like a lover

at first touching?

When lonliness comes stalking,

go into the fields,

consider the orderliness 

of the world.

Notice something you have

never noticed before.

A lifetime isn't long enough

for the beauty of this world

and the responsibiities

of your life.

In the glare of your mind,

be modest

And beholden to what is tactile

and thrilling.

Live with the beetle,

and the wind.

This is the dark bread of the poem.

This is the dark and nourishing bread of the poem.

Mary Oliver

[Patricia Rios]

❤️

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