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“to live in this world
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
― New and Selected Poems, Volume One
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”
― New and Selected Poems, Volume One
“Do you love this world?
Do you cherish your humble and silky life?
Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?”
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Do you cherish your humble and silky life?
Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?”
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“The face of the moose is as sad as the face of Jesus.”
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
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with your one wild and precious life?”
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“Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields...Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.”
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Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
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