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Donkees

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Wed Nov 6, 2024, 06:29 AM Nov 6

The Peace of Wild Things


Photo: Douglas Liu

When despair for the world grows in me...

I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. - Wendell Berry








Photos: Ruben Giron
Great Blue Heron showing her/his 6’ wings at the Harlem Meer in Central Park
5:31 AM · Nov 6, 2024
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The Peace of Wild Things (Original Post) Donkees Nov 6 OP
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