Wild geese

A ‘Reading for Wellbeing’ recommended read!

Wild geese by Mary Oliver (from Wild geese: selected poems by Mary Oliver)

There is something about this poem that I find incredibly comforting. It always makes me cry, but in a good way!

Some people may find it clichéd, but I do find that if I feel down and need an emotional pick me up, looking about me at the natural world really helps me.  I think that’s what this poem reminds me of.  There’s a real sense that the world seems to know exactly what it’s doing, and will continue on steadily and securely, and that I have a place in it, regardless of what’s going on in my own life.

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