Wild Geese (Poem)

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Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

It has such deep meaning, especially when feeling lost or not part of anything. It reminds us all we are all connected. You interpret what you need in this poem.

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One reply on “Wild Geese (Poem)”

I love this poem. It makes you realise you are just a small part of life and how insignificant you are. This, in turn, should mean that your problems are probably insignificant too if you just step back and look at them in the context of the whole, wide, beautiful world. Why should a human life be any more important than the life of anything in nature be it geese, trees, mountains, rivers? It puts things in perspective, tempers your ego and gives you freedom of spirit. Love it!

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