Four days from the official transition from Summer to Fall, and I am grateful for the lessons of this Season. Mary Oliver accurately captures my feeling of awe and gratitude.
A Summer Story
When the hummingbird
sinks its face
into the trumpet vine,
into the funnels
of the blossoms,
and the tongue
leaps out
and throbs,
I am scorched
to realize once again
how many small, available [...]
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Oliver’s “A Summer Story”
Posted in Prose essays, tagged gratitude, Mary Oliver, summer on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »


