Thursday, January 15, 2009

"I am the last barman poet."


Message to..., originally uploaded by Telenous.

Things to Think

Think in ways you've never thought before
If the phone rings, think of it as carrying a message
Larger than anything you've ever heard,
Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats.

Think that someone may bring a bear to your door,
Maybe wounded and deranged; or think that a moose
Has risen out of the lake, and he's carrying in his antlers
A child of your own whom you've never seen.

When someone knocks on the door, think that he's about
To give you something large: tell you you're forgiven,
Or that it's not necessary to work all the time, or that it's
Been decided that if you lie down no one will die.

-Robert Bly


title post- Cocktail 1988

2 comments:

Traci said...

beautiful.

robin ann mcintosh said...

I love it! so very wise. exactly what I needed to hear today.

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