have you ever tried to enter the long black branches ?

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have you ever tried to enter the long black branches ?

I can access and process information to understand the poem. Here’s what I can share about the poem:

• The Poem’s Central Theme: Oliver challenges the reader to truly connect with nature, to see the world not just as an observer but as an active participant.
• Figurative Language: The “long black branches” symbolize the unexplored depths of nature’s mysteries.
• Sensory Details: References to the “crisp fringes” of locust blossoms and “lying down on the grass” encourage a deeper sensory experience of the natural world.
• Call to Action: The poem urges us to shed our inhibitions and embrace the unknown possibilities nature offers.

If you’d like to read the poem itself, I can’t provide the full text due to copyright restrictions, but I can help you find it online.

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https://www.best-poems.net/mary_oliver/have_you_ever_tried_to_enter_the_long_black_branches.html

https://www.best-poems.net/mary_oliver/have_you_ever_tried_to_enter_the_long_black_branches.html
Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches – Best Poems
by Mary Oliver Have you ever tried to enter the long black branches of other lives — tried to imagine what the crisp fringes, full of honey, hanging from the branches of the young locust trees, in early morning, feel like? Do you think this world was only an entertainment for you? Never to enter the sea and notice how the water divides
Blossom Poem
In April the ponds open like black blossoms, the moon swims in every one; there’s fire everywhere: frogs shouting their desire, their satisfaction. What we know: that time chops at us all like an iron hoe, that death is a state of paralysis. What we long for: joy before death, nights in the swale – everything else can wait but not this thrust from the root of the body.

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poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/O/OliverMary/HaveYouEverT/index.html
Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches?
by Mary Oliver Original Language English Have you ever tried to enter the long black branches of other lives — tried to imagine what the crisp fringes, full of honey, hanging from the branches of the young locust trees, in early morning, feel like? Do you think this world was only an entertainment for ?

https://wordsfortheyear.com / 2015 / 08 / 23 / have-you-ever-tried-to-enter-the-long-black-branches-by-mary-oliver

https://wordsfortheyear.com / 2015 / 08 / 23 / have-you-ever-tried-to-enter-the-long-black-branches-by-mary-oliver
Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches by Mary Oliver
Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches by Mary Oliver On August 23, 2015 By Christina’s Words In Music, Poetry Have you ever tried to enter the long black branches of other lives — tried to imagine what the crisp fringes, full of honey, hanging from the branches of the young locust trees, in early morning, feel like?

https://www.enotes.com/topics/west-wind/in-depth

https://www.enotes.com/topics/west-wind/in-depth
West Wind Analysis – eNotes.com
The final section is a single poem, Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches, which recapitulates Oliver’s major themes. The shape of the book, then, enacts a movement toward…

https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/literary-tributes/remembering-mary-oliver-poetics-grieving-and-comfort

https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/literary-tributes/remembering-mary-oliver-poetics-grieving-and-comfort
Remembering Mary Oliver: The Poetics of Grieving and Comfort
Oliver’s lyrics belong to the tradition of the poets of the night sky—shepherds, cowboys, exiles from town (I think of Dante)—whose heart centers on earth but whose mind is illuminated by the night spectacle. Being country bred, she writes, I am at ease in the dark.

https://www.poetryexplorer.net/exp.php?id=12401724

https://www.poetryexplorer.net/exp.php?id=12401724
Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry: Explained, HAVE YOU EVER …
Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches is a soul-stirring exploration of life’s profound questions and the natural world’s myriad answers. It serves as an exhortation to live fully, to connect deeply, and to find the immutable amid the chaos-a poetic roadmap to navigate the wilderness of existence.

https://www.ahomeforsoul.com/single-post/2014/12/14/Thomas-Merton-Mary-Oliver-Contemplative-Poets-on-Choosing-to-Love-the-World

https://www.ahomeforsoul.com/single-post/2014/12/14/Thomas-Merton-Mary-Oliver-Contemplative-Poets-on-Choosing-to-Love-the-World
Thomas Merton & Mary Oliver: Contemplative Poets on Choosing to Love …
(Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches) and urged us onward with her question, What is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life? (The Summer Day). My role was to embody the work, and assist participants in not only locating and landing Merton’s prose and Oliver’s poetry in the body, but also to guide …

https://standrewsc.org/wp_standrews/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/FordStewardshipTalk10.13.19.pdf

https://standrewsc.org/wp_standrews/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/FordStewardshipTalk10.13.19.pdf
PDF Have you ever tried to enter the long black branches of other lives
Have you ever tried to enter the long black branches of other lives — tried to imagine what the crisp fringes, full of honey, hanging from the branches of the young locust trees, in early morning, feel like? Do you think this world was only an entertainment for you?

https://kingsleyandersen.com/2013/06/29/poetry-mary-oliver

Poetry: Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches (post 1 of 2)

Poetry: Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches (post 1 of …
COMMENTARY: 1. This is a Mary Oliver poem I cut-and-pasted from the internet. One of the disservices that comes from this practice is that you are taking the word of the blogger or the site from which you find the poem that the author’s punctuation and presentation has been faithfully honored.

https://centerforpurposefulleadership.com/blog/2006/08/23/have_you_ever_t

https://centerforpurposefulleadership.com/blog/2006/08/23/have_you_ever_t
Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches? Mary Oliver …
August 23, 2006 photo credit: craig neal Have you ever tried to enter the long black branches of other lives — tried to imagine what the crisp fringes, full of honey, hanging from the branches of the young locust trees, in early morning, feel like? Do you think this world was only an entertainment for you?
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