Poetry Meditation - Wild Geese By Mary Oliver

For this short poetry reading mediation Chantal Dawtrey offers you the opportunity to stop what you are doing and to listen. To take yourself away from thoughts of stress and hurry, to breathe and to listen. This poem is Wild Geese by Mary Oliver.

Transcript

Welcome to this short poetry meditation,

An opportunity to simply stop what you are doing and to listen.

This is a listening meditation,

A meditation where you are invited to listen deeply,

Listen carefully,

Listen and hear the words written and read.

And to breathe.

To read poetry is to breathe.

It is to find the rhythm and the rhyme and to breathe life into the words.

Come breathe with me.

Wild geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

Tell me about despair,

Yours and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile,

The world goes on.

Meanwhile,

The sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes,

Over the prairies and the deep trees,

The mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile,

The wild geese high in the blue air are heading home again.

Whoever you are,

No matter how lonely,

The world offers itself to your imagination,

Calls you like the wild geese,

Harsh and exciting,

Over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

Reviews

Nailed it Chantel! Lovely way to start a brand new day, 🙏🏻

The idea of meditation by listening to poetry came to me all of a sudden. I put "poetry" into the search bar and couldn't believe that one of my favourite poems came up in the first few suggestions. Beautifully read and so meaningful to hear someone else read those words. Thank you.

Love the poem and nice reading voice. Thank you 🙏

Lovely and relaxing. Lovely voice. Nice way to start my day. ❤️

What a nice surprise. Well read. I love Mary Oliver:)

Beautiful read and into to such an inspiring Mary Oliver poem.

Beautiful. Reminded me that all aspects of life are in now and to be kind to myself.

That was absolutely beautiful and made me enjoy poetry again! Thank you!

Such a peaceful and inspiring piece, that speaks to my heart and soul. Thank you!
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Thank you so much, you did an excellent job interpreting the poem and bringing it to life. At the end of the poem I could feel the energy of the Canadian Geese flying overhead on their north bound journey home.

The words continued to echo in the silence that followed. It was so beautiful!

Thank you Chantal for that moving presentation of Mary Oliver's beautiful words. 💖

Poetry as meditation- Mary Oliver’s words are beautiful. 💖

A beautiful reading of a magnificent poem, so comforting.
Thank you 🙏🏽

I'm grateful humble thankful amen and so it is I've got this

Stunning reading!! So happy to have had this recommended!!

Lovely, full of soul-heart, thank you Chantal and Matthew, I just realize I miss you, hope you are fine 💖🙏🏻🌿

Wonderful words, and beautiful as a meditation! Thank you!

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Precious.