Wild geese poem tattoo

April is National Poetry Month. We’ll celebrate with a poem every Wednesday. Wild Geese You do not have to be good You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert…

I am working on tattoo ideas. I had in mind the quote from Mary Oliver's poem Wild Geese, which has been meaningful for over a decade, the notion of a bernoulli spiral (logarithmic spiral), which, to me, represents change, growth and continuity, being essentially me at all times. I also wanted some UV reactive white, and also possibly stars. I worked with Aaron to get this draft. (The stars would be white, text black. I'm thinking of placement on my left thigh, with the two stars and one…

Mary Oliver - Wild Geese

@poetryisnotaluxury on Instagram: "Mary Oliver Sending love out to a dear friend with this reminder 💌 Wild Geese 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 th

A flock of geese fly over a quote from Mary Oliver's beautiful poem "Wild Geese". The text reads, "The world offers itself to your imagination." I hope that this piece of art will evoke some of the same feelings that Oliver's poetry does in me - the simple beauty of nature that is somehow also the most grandiose and profound. This is a second limited edition of 20 prints. Each print is on hand-torn specialty paper, and will be signed and numbered. This print measures 9x12", a standard…

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