I love how she invites the owl/death in and says not to hide away, but to come "flowing, clacking." And at the end how she seems to say that having a relationship with death makes life meaningful, which is a big message I get again and again out of your substack posts <3
My death contemplation was sparked this past week by the poem At Round Pond by Mary Oliver - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mqrarchive/act2080.0036.001/45:7?page=root;size=100;view=text
I love how she invites the owl/death in and says not to hide away, but to come "flowing, clacking." And at the end how she seems to say that having a relationship with death makes life meaningful, which is a big message I get again and again out of your substack posts <3
Rosie, thank you for sharing your reflection and for being part of this journey with us! Mary Oliver poems are just the best.