Attention to Simple

It doesn't have to be

the blue iris, it could be

weeds in a vacant lot or a few

small stones; just

pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don't try

to make them elaborate, this isn't

a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which

another voice may speak

                  - Mary Oliver

Discover the simple today.  Take a notepad and walk outside into your garden to notice what summer brings. Look under a stone for creatures that wriggle.

Listen to birdsong and other sounds from the neighborhood.  What scents arrive on the breeze?  Become aware of silence.  What surprises arise around a corner?

Make notes about the connections within the sensory output around you.  Do you find "...the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak?"