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The Summer Day

Mary Oliver reads "The Summer Day"

“I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed...” In this animated video, the late Mary Oliver reads her poem “The Summer Day” recorded from a 2012 92Y reading.

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Mary Oliver
The Summer Day
92NY
animation
2012

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