How I Go to the Woods

by Mary Oliver

Jun 26, 2024

∙ Paid

A tree in my favorite nearby old-growth forest. Whenever I walk by her, I smile, picturing that I’ve perhaps stumbled upon her in the midst of her Pilates workout.

How I Go to the Woods } by Mary Oliver
Ordinarily I go to the woods alone, with not a single
friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore
unsuitable.

I don’t really want to be wit…

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