Kathryn Oliver | I go down to the shore - Mary Oliver @festivalonearth | Uploaded August 2020 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
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I go down to the shore in the morning
and depending on the hour the waves
are rolling in or moving out,
and I say, oh, I am miserable,
what shall—
what should I do? And the sea says
in its lovely voice:
Excuse me, I have work to do. -- Mary Oliver