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Mary Oliver (1935-2019) was a Pulitzer Prize winning poet. She published several poetry collections, including Dog Songs: Poems (Penguin Books, 2015). Poet Laureate
Read, review and discuss the The Summer Day poem by Mary Oliver on Poetry.com.
‘The Summer Day’ by Mary Oliver is a beautiful and thoughtful poem about the purpose of life and the value of individual moments. In the first part of this poem, Oliver’s speaker addresses the reader, and herself, with a series of questions about life.
The Summer Day by Mary Oliver. Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean--. the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down--. who is gazing around with her enormous and ...
“The Summer Day” is a short poem by the American poet Mary Oliver, first published in her collection House of Light (1990). Its speaker wonders about the creation of the world and then has a close, marvelous encounter with a grasshopper.
Jan 1, 1992 · the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-. who is gazing around with her enormous ...
The Summer Day. Mary Oliver. Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean —. the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down —.
Jul 5, 2019 · In this animated clip, Mary Oliver reads her poem "The Summer Day" at the 92nd Street Y in 2012. Watch the full event here: • Mary Oliver reads from A Thousand Mor... ...more.
On a summer morning I sat down on a hillside to think about God – a worthy pastime.
On a summer morning I sat down on a hillside to think about God – a worthy pastime.
