Happy new year

Hello friends, I hope the new year brings you continued health and creative energy. Here is a short poem by Mary Oliver that expresses in a few short lines the way of nature to reward contemplation. Thanks, Gene

“Prayer”
It doesn’t have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn’t
a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.