poetry wednesday : it felt love

May 5, 2010 in Uncategorized

Rose-with-dew.jpeg It Felt Love

How
Did the rose
Ever open its heart

And give to this world
All its
Beauty?

It felt the encouragement of light
Against its
Being,

Otherwise,
We all remain

Too

Frightened.

-Hafiz

A man named Joe found 37days this week by following a search for a poem by Mary Oliver. He sent this poem by Hafiz with this note: "I did not know of you or your writing, when I went searching for a poem by Mary Oliver and found your post (happiness, holy, palpable and redemptive, mmmmmmm).  I typed in a favorite poem as a kind of thank you…I hope some some kind of human warmth is transmitted along with this text."

Indeed, some kind of human warmth was transmitted and I am sending it on into the world for others to feel, with these words from Hafiz. My thanks, Joe.

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About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

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