Poem By Mary Oliver: Sleeping In The Forest

This is a reading of the poem "Sleeping in the Forest" by Mary Oliver. This beautiful poem will relax you and may accompany you as you fall asleep. The imagery of the poem will surround you in nature, and the soothing music will ease your breathing, inducing a calm and restful state.

Sleeping in the Forest
I thought the earth
remembered me, she
took me back so tenderly, arranging
her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds. I slept
as never before, a stone
on the riverbed...

Reviews

Very nice! I always love Mary Oliver’s poems. Thank you for sharing❣️

Wonderful to listen to lying down with eyes closed, thank you 🙏

Mary Oliver has long been a favorite poet of mine.
I am Happy & Grateful finding her on IT
Thank You 🙏
Ellen
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Thank you. What a beautiful poem. And you did a great recital of it.🙏❤️🙏

So beautifully shared, so powerfully written = SUCH a gift! www.gratefulness.org, ahimsa