Good Morning! I’m dropping in a little earlier than usual because I thought you might like to share your morning tea or coffee with this sunflower-bearing (umm…eating) goat. If it is not morning where you are, you should exit this post and return to it in the morning. Kidding, of course! You can read it now and return to it tomorrow morning, if you choose, because today’s poem by Mary Oliver is about celebrating the early morning and starting our days with happiness and kindness.
Why I Wake Early
by Mary Oliver
Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields
and into the faces of the tulips
and the nodding morning glories,
and into the windows of, even, the
miserable and crotchety–
best preacher that ever was,
dear star, that just happens
to be where you are in the universe
to keep us from ever-darkness,
to ease us with warm touching,
to hold us in the great hands of light–
good morning, good morning, good morning.
Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.
About the Image: My pen friend, Kathi G, sent the delightful postcard above. The goat’s name is Rory. Isn’t he absolutely adorable as he munches on a sunflower with a field more of them behind him? This is the work of Dorian Charles of Tabby Hall Designs. Happy eating, Rory!
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I get the impression you like sunflowers 🙂
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In happiness and kindness. Amen 🙂
Gotta love goats. Haha 🙂
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Right?! They have such a way about them.
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Thank you Chandra for sharing this wonderful poem by Mary Oliver.
Sunflowers are a beautiful imagery of the sun. I remember walking through a huge sunflower field in Jersey. Multitudes of suns as far as I could see.
Even we shine more in sun. 🌻.
Miriam
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You just created a beautiful image for me! Thank you for that!
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I’ve been volunteering at an animal sanctuary that has many goats. They really do have a lot of personality. Thank you for this cheerful poem by one of my favorite poets.
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We had goats for several years. I miss them. Hopefully, we’ll get more soon.
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Beautiful. I too love the early morning. Especially the quiet of it.
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Yes! The early morning quiet. Nothing like it! Thank you!
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