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She often wrote nature poetry, focusing on the area of New England which she called home from the 1960s; she mentioned the Romantics, especially John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley, as well as fellow American poets Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson as her influences.
Aug 4, 2017 · When I read Mary Oliver’s “Forgive Me”, with her initial reference to “Angels” that are “wonderful” but “so . . . aloof”, and then her references to natural things like “the roots of the trees”, “rocks” as well as man made things like “the well. or the barn”, I could not help but recall the startling, opening lines ...
- “The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver. Sometimes, all we need to do is appreciate life again by gazing at the beauty of our world. Reflect on the birds, the bees, the trees, and the land that stands before us and ponder how it was created.
- “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver. “Wild Geese” is one of Mary Oliver’s best-known poems. “Wild Geese” is a famous poem that speaks directly to the reader, offering advice on how to live a good and fulfilling life.
- “The Swan” “The Swan” a captivating poem that explores the themes of nature, transformation, and the quest for personal understanding. In the poem, Oliver vividly describes the grace and mystery of a swan’s movement through water, using this as a metaphor for the journey of the self.
- “Starlings in Winter” “Starlings in Winter” captures the essence of resilience and hope amidst the bleakness of winter. Oliver’s vivid imagery brings to life a flock of starlings, their energetic and synchronized movements symbolizing endurance and adaptability in harsh conditions.
- The Dream Work Era
- The Blue Pastures Era
- The Why I Wake Early Era
The 1980s were a challenging time. Amid the Reagan era, the AIDS crisis, the Cold War, and other unsettling occasions of the decade, Mary Oliver found a way to use her art to put words that articulated what people of the time were feeling. But the poems in Dream Workare also timeless enough that people can still get a lot of mileage out of them tod...
Published in 1995, Blue Pasturesis such a great book because it’s about the creative process and yet still gives that natural, poetic excellence Mary Oliver’s poems are known for delivering. Some may call these short works “essays,” but why put a label on them? Reading these shorts out loud, one might feel they are at an open mic in a coffeehouse w...
George W. Bush. Two wars. The 9/11 terrorist attack. When Mary Oliver published her 2004 collection, there was a lot going on. With growing uncertainty at every turn, Oliver stuck to nature, but her aesthetic in Why I Wake Earlycontinued to “wow” readers. Why I Wake Early: The title poem is a great place to start. I get the feeling that this poem d...
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May 15, 2020 · Here is what Christine Simms says about the poem, “Angels,” by Mary Oliver, below: “As children we dwell in a world with fluid boundaries between the human and the world of fairies, demons, and angels.
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In adulthood, Oliver would bring a notebook along on these walks, drawing poetry directly from her mundane experiences with the natural world. Explore poems by Mary Oliver in our poetry archive.
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