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Faith is the instructor. We need no other. Guess what I am, he says in his incomparably lovely young-man voice. Because I love the world I think of grass, I think of leaves and the bold sun. I think of the rushes in the black marshes just coming back from under the pure white and now finally melting stubs of snow. Whatever we know or don't know is what leads us to say: Teacher, what do you mean? But faith is still there, and silent. Then he who owns the incomparable voice suddenly flows upward and out of the room and I follow, obedient and happy. [End Page 90] Of course! I am thinking, the Lord was once young and will never in fact be old. And who else could this be, who goes off down the green path, carrying his sandals, and singing?
Mary Oliver is the author of ten books of poetry, and is the recipient of the National Book Award, the Christopher Award, the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Beacon Press recently released a new CD of Ms. Oliver’s work entitled “Mary Oliver reads Mary Oliver,” and she will be releasing a new book in the fall entitled Thirst.
