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Jul 16
poem challenge: Freedom
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Yellow Sweater

Nothing but Blue

Is it strange that Mary Oliver reminds me of Hafiz, 

especially in the irresponsible dawn hours when I feel 

like I could swallow God even before I swallow

my dreams, when the ghosts of swallows still dance

in the light of an echoing sunset, when there is 

nothing but blue inside, between these white pages?

 
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  1. Yellow Sweater
    Jul 16, 2021

    A little bit inspired by Maggie Nelson's Bluets.

    Also, Mary Oliver is a fairly contemporary American poet who writes about nature and spirituality (and perhaps most profoundly about the intersection between the two)

    Hafiz is an ancient Persian Poet who wrote in Farsi in the 13th or 14th century... (I should know this). He is part of the Sufi canon and has a very radical approach to contemplating (inhabiting) God. Though to be fair, I have only read very loose translations of his work that were probably altered a lot by the New Age movement.

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  1. charvermont
    Jul 19, 2021

    been reading a ton of Mary Oliver recently (specifically from Felicity) and this poem reminds me a lot of her writing. it's lovely

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