tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143742537514581543.post4011524204390581553..comments2024-03-25T13:29:43.845-07:00Comments on A Year's Risings with Mary Oliver: To Begin With, the Sweet GrassLoraKim Joynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305359695072392847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143742537514581543.post-84157768242496965992018-02-09T18:51:19.586-08:002018-02-09T18:51:19.586-08:00You missed the 3rd stanza; one of the most stunnin...You missed the 3rd stanza; one of the most stunning parts of this poem..Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881542722377459922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143742537514581543.post-50236832435998119852017-10-31T07:47:16.646-07:002017-10-31T07:47:16.646-07:00Perhaps appearing with a beggar's bowl - unwas...Perhaps appearing with a beggar's bowl - unwashed is a risk for her as we tend to not want to ask for things of others, and we tend to want to appear a certain way before the world especially our friends. Then it is kind of biting because she asks if you would still see her humanity and see past the things we have aversion towards -or fear of, and extend your heart and your resources to her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03488844231602679329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143742537514581543.post-19012508623400101062011-01-30T17:03:12.879-08:002011-01-30T17:03:12.879-08:00I think I hold my begging bowl out to be filled wi...I think I hold my begging bowl out to be filled with beauty from the world a lot. I liked the way she put the mutual exchange which benefits both.<br />"I would like to take this chance."<br />(to see if you can fill my need)<br />"I would like to give you this chance."<br /> (using the knowledge that giving fills a need to belong and be useful, etc.)<br />I hold out my begging bowl to my neighborhood children and they respond by helping me and feeling needed, belonging and appreciated when they are at my house. They help me remember to play and not take myself too seriously. As you said, "As our cups fill together, may we forget to love only ourselves, and instead love the world."Sallynoreply@blogger.com