in blackwater woods – lucy crispin, poet

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Nov 26, 2020 #grief, #grieving, #in blackwater woods, #losing, #loss, #love, #loving, #Mary Oliver, #Oliver, #oodgeroo of the Noonuccal, #song, #wisdom, #wise by Lucy Crispin

The author of today’s poem, Oodgeroo of the Noonuccal, was born on the 3rd November 1920. We’re just managing to squeak in this wonderful poem of hers at the end of her birthday month. Join with me in delight in the lightly-worn wisdom of the unpretentious and wonderful ‘Song‘.

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