The bud stands for all things,
Beautiful and wonderful words. Please enjoy.
“ The bud
stands for all things,
even for those things that don’t
flower,
For everything flowers,
From within,
Of self-blessing;
Though sometimes it is necessary
To reteach a thing its loveliness,
To put a hand on its brow
Of the flower
And retell it in words and in touch
It is lovely
Until it flowers again from within,
Of self-blessing….”
~ Galway Kinnell
Text & image source: Harmony
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I haven’t seen Kinnell’s name in a very long time. I heard him speak when I was at the University of New Hampshire in the 1980s. This is the poem of his that I remember studying in class. I hope you like it: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42679/the-bear.
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Thank you Liz.
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