I come into the presence of still water.
(The Peace Of Wild Things)
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And all my life I have dreaded the returnof that year, sure that it still is
somewhere, like a dead enemys soul.
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I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
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Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds
them to their way, clear
in the ancient faith: what we need
is here.
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If a healthy soil is full of death, it is also full of life worms, fungi, microorganisms of all kinds.... Given only the health of the soil, nothing that dies is dead for very long.
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To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
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