![]() cummings Edward Hirsch Ellen Bass Emily Dickinson Faith Shearin Galway Kinnell Garrison Keillor Glen Hansard Gratitude grief J.D. Join 4,933 other subscribers Care to read through the archives? Care to read through the archives? Categories Categories Random Authors and Topics Alice Walker Ali Shapiro Anaïs Nin Andrea Gibson Anne Sexton Annie Dillard Billy Collins Brian Dean Powers Caitlyn Siehl Cats Charles Bukowski Cheryl Strayed Clementine von Radics Compassion czeslaw milosz Dana Gioia David Foster Wallace David Levithan David Shumate David Whyte death Dennis O'Driscoll depression dogs Dorianne Laux e.e. Visit Poets & Writers to listen to (and to read) this and three more pieces by Limón. “Mowing” by Ada Limón, from Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón (Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 2015). I’m thinking about peopleĪnd trees and how I wish I could be silent more, be more tree thanĪnything else, less clumsy and loud, less crow, more cool white pine,Īnd how it’s hard not to always want something else, not just to let I imagine what it must be like to stay hidden,ĭisappear in the dusky nothing and stay still in the night. I’m standing there, and I’ve got the dog, and the man is mow. ![]() The light’s escaping the sky,Īnd there’s this place I like to stand, it’s before the rise, so I’m invis. He has 10,000 trees it’sĪ tree farm, so there are so many trees. It’s so small, it must take him days, so I imagine that he likes it. ![]() ![]() The man across the street is mowing 40 acres on a small lawn mower. ![]()
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