When I am Among The Trees - Mary Oliver

Read By Amanda Palmer
"When I Am Among The Trees" is about the calmness, majesty, and beauty of being surrounded by trees and walking in the woods.
Remarks -
Walking among trees has health benefits. Shinrin-yoku or "forest bathing" is a practice in Japan, where people are encouraged to visit and spend time in a forest to improve their health.
Studies have confirmed that spending time within a forest setting can reduce psychological stress, depressive symptoms, and hostility, while at the same time improving sleep and increasing both vigor and a feeling of liveliness.
Mary Jane Oliver was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Her work is inspired by nature, rather than the human world, stemming from her lifelong passion for solitary walks in the wild. It is characterized by a sincere wonderment at the impact of natural imagery, conveyed in unadorned language. In 2007 she was declared to be the country's best-selling poet.
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[@WisdoMango]

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[@AndyBends]

I will if you stop posting Mary Oliver.

[@BellaWorldAni]

To go easy, to be filled with light, and to shine.
YES!

[@negroagro]

When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It's simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.

[@janisscalone9661]

This is perhaps my most favorite poem. I get chills every time I watch this. A very beautiful reading.

[@WisdoMango]

Thank you 🙏

[@billbernhard3582]

Among the trees speaks to the potential of man to be good and patient and kind. Can we treasure these things, passing them on to others, at some point in time ?

[@abhilashabhardwaj1524]

She is the type poet I was looking for since forever 🙏🏻

[@WisdoMango]

Yeah she was amazing. Glad you liked it 🙏

[@jaxsonsobol9998]

Who cares

[@melisasegura4054]

Same ❤

[@abhilashabhardwaj1524]

​@@jaxsonsobol9998people who understands and enjoy poetry 😂 nd maybe u too, otherwise there's no need to comment if you don't care

[@mdray3976]

I absolutely love this poem and Mary Oliver! She reaches so deeply and succinctly into my heart!
I find that I have no words to describe how closely I feel to her an nature!

[@Pollyk]

This made me cry😢

[@whitetailsheds7771]

YUPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!! Incredibly powerful!!

[@WritingArcadia]

I love Mary Oliver's poetry, and Amanda Palmer read this poem, "When I Am Among The Trees", beautifully well.
When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It's simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”

[@Suspend02]

When the noise of the world is too much, we are helped by turning to the mystic. Mary Oliver is a spirit guide. Let us walk slowly and commune with the trees.

[@redsol3629]

When I was overwhelmed, I would go to a place under trees and listen to the wind move the leaves.

[@bellringer929]

Read by a beautifully waving tree, it seems ♥️

[@gabicreightonbooksetc.]

I agree.😊🌸

[@yt-sh]

Good poem that is narrated well, thank you!

[@WisdoMango]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@nickmulcahy9199]

I thought this was Mary Oliver reading -- but it's Amanda Palmer who may be more Mary Oliver than Mary Oliver herself -- holding back the tears here in Philadelphia on a beautiful spring day...beautifully done Mary/Amanda, thankyou

[@WisdoMango]

Thank you 🙏

[@mh605]

Beautifully read. Thank you!

[@WisdoMango]

Thank you 🙏

[@davidwollpert5276]

One of my favorite poems, by one of my favorite poets.

[@WisdoMango]

Thank you for watching 🙏

[@davidwollpert5276]

@@WisdoMango thank you for posting this!

[@brianSalem541]

Great poem! It has a very Thoreau-like sentiment. I wonder if Mary Oliver ever read Walden.

[@presleyslave]

So very beautiful and with the insight into the purpose of meaning of our existence.

[@WisdoMango]

Thank you 🙏

[@davidshiah7730]

Thank you for posting this heartfelt and nature centered poem. Love Mary Oliver!

[@WisdoMango]

Thank you 🙏

[@alruiz5096]

Absolutely Beautiful❤

[@WisdoMango]

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[@ciacalluvyou1470]

❤️ 💜 Salute 💜 ❤️

[@WisdoMango]

Thank Q 🙏

[@lorinkays1052]

❤❤

[@agustinacaruso]

Un espectáculo! Hermoso!

[@WisdoMango]

Thank you 🙏

[@jacobprater3880]

She is the female walt Whitman

[@WisdoMango]

I agree ❤

[@kevinharrison3265]

👍🙏🥰

[@TerriblePerfection]

😭