Friday, September 10, 2021

Beers & Books CXXVII – Mary Oliver

It's very important
to write things down instantly,
or you can lose the way
you were thinking out a line.
I have a rule
that if I wake up at 3 in the morning
and think of something, I write it down.
I can't wait until morning - it'll be gone.

Mary Oliver
(September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019)

4 comments:

  1. She is right - but I rarely write my thoughts down. Perhaps because they are not worth preserving...

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    1. Like you I rarely write down my thoughts. Not because I think them not worth being preserved ... I am just lazy.

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  2. How true is that - you think you will remember but you never do.

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    1. Sometimes it's even hard to remember but a few moments later, Mark.
      Good to read your comment. I hope life has been treating you kindly.

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