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Saturday, July 29, 2017

Snapshot Saturday, July 29

This week I dropped by the public library to pick up a book I had placed on hold. In addition to that book I walked out with four poetry books. Now that I am retired I will have to mine the public library shelves for new and fun poetry volumes more often.


BookSpeak! Poems About Books by Laura Purdie Sala
The Ordering of Love: New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle
The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems by Billy Collins
Swan: Poems and Prose Poems by Mary Oliver


Passing the Unworked Field

Queen Anne's Lace
is hardly
prized but
all the same it isn't
idle look
how it
stands straight on its
thin stems how it
scrubs its white faces
with the
rags of the sun how it
makes all the
loveliness
it can.

Mary Oliver, Swan



Snapshot Saturday is hosted by West Metro Mommy.


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7 comments:

  1. Laurel-Rain SnowJuly 29, 2017 at 1:16 PM

    Pretty books and flowers! Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog. Enjoy your retirement!

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  2. Sandra NachlingerJuly 29, 2017 at 2:12 PM

    Beautiful photos and poetry. Thank you for sharing those lovely words and for visiting my blog today.
    Sandy @ Writing With a Texas Twang

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  3. MargaretJuly 29, 2017 at 4:35 PM

    I need to read more poetry too! I fell in love with Mary Oliver, thanks to you!

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  4. Vedika @ Poems and PoetsJuly 29, 2017 at 8:02 PM

    Those flowers look gorgeous! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  5. westmetromommyJuly 30, 2017 at 2:49 PM

    I'm not a huge poetry reader, although I do enjoy listening to it. However, I've been known to pick up a collection by Billy Collins or two!

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  6. CarolJuly 31, 2017 at 1:45 PM

    Very pretty - thanks for sharing. I don't read much poetry, but when I do i always remember how much I enjoy it.

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  7. Lauren StoolfireAugust 2, 2017 at 8:41 PM

    Thanks for sharing - I love that photo of the Queen Anne's Lace. :)

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