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Raymond Carver, 2

March 16, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel

I have always appreciated the simplicity of Raymond Carver’s voice. This poem has spent lots of time on my refrigerator.

Beloved

And did you get what
you wanted, from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.


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  1. Grace Kane says

    March 17, 2011 at 5:57 pm

    Beautiful, simple, perfect:) Love the photos…so much to be grateful for around us huh?

    XOXOX

    Grace

    • Jeane George Weigel says

      March 17, 2011 at 7:05 pm

      Yes, so much! I just sent your message from days ago about being grateful for our blessings in the moment and how temporary a certain reality can be, to a friend in Massachusetts. Your gentle message of acceptance and joy in this moment is reaching around the world. Bless you sweet one.

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