C.M. Rivers
~Now Flowing~
Tag: tribute
Noblesse Oblige
A medallion of liverwurst, a dish of warm milk. Even these, you hardly wanted in the end. You looked at the water in your bowl as if it were a stranger to you. No more did you come to the kitchen at the sound… Continue Reading “Noblesse Oblige”
Six Thoughts On Mary Oliver
Mary, who helps us remember tenderness when we find an insect on our pillow, or a bat in the house. Mary, who reminds us of a hundred walks in the wilderness, even as we stare at lamp-lit sheetrock and worry about work. Mary, who tells us what we knew the moment we… Continue Reading “Six Thoughts On Mary Oliver”
Constance
I wrote this poem to honor Constance Person, my English Lit teacher in my senior year of high school. It was a large class and she always had the desks arranged in the shape of a square with an opening near the chalkboard. But she spent… Continue Reading “Constance”
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“If every 8-year-old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.” – Dalai Lama
“May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe. Tiny, but useful.” – Mary Oliver
“Who has not felt the urge to throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the back fence.” John Muir
