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To be yourself is to be – July 2017

11/11/201807/30/2017

 

Nancy Wood poem poster 12: To be yourself is to be

 

FromĀ Many Winters, 1974, by Nancy Wood

 

To be yourself is to be

Alone with the wind crying

When all that you ask for is

The warmth of a human fire.

Categories Poems Tags Many Winters, wisdom
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You shall ask – August 2017
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