By Mary Oliver…Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches of Other Lives–

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• Author: apoemaday
• Full Title: By Mary Oliver…Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches of Other Lives–
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• To put one’s foot into the door of the grass, which is the mystery, which is death as well as life, and not be afraid! To set one’s foot in the door of death, and be overcome with amazement! (View Highlight)
• Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? While the soul, after all, is only a window, and the opening of the window no more difficult than the wakening from a little sleep. (View Highlight)

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title: “By Mary Oliver…Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches of Other Lives–” author: “apoemaday” url: ”https://apoemaday.tumblr.com/post/725013289225043968/have-you-ever-tried-to-enter-the-long-black” date: 2023-12-19 source: reader tags: media/articles

By Mary Oliver…Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches of Other Lives–

Metadata

• Author: apoemaday
• Full Title: By Mary Oliver…Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches of Other Lives–
• Category:#articles
• Document Tags: favorite
• URL: https://apoemaday.tumblr.com/post/725013289225043968/have-you-ever-tried-to-enter-the-long-black

Highlights

• To put one’s foot into the door of the grass, which is the mystery, which is death as well as life, and not be afraid! To set one’s foot in the door of death, and be overcome with amazement! (View Highlight)
• Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? While the soul, after all, is only a window, and the opening of the window no more difficult than the wakening from a little sleep. (View Highlight)