Mary oliver poetry

One of my favorite poems is The Messenger, by Mary Oliver. The first line says “My work is loving the world.” I never usually think about it like that, although lately it seems like …

Mary Oliver quote from One Summer Day poem. Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

April 1990 | Agha Ali, Mark Anderson, Grace Bauer, Judith Berke, Chana Bloch, Neal Bowers, T. Broughton, Celia Gilbert, Mark Halperin, Marcia Hurlow, James Langlas, Kathleen Norris, Mary Oliver, Donald Platt, Donald Revell, James Solheim, David Steingass, Marcella Taylor, Henri Cole

Recent musings/notes/lessons from a life being lived

A Sunday poem from Mary Oliver.

Poem: The Morning Walk From Long Life

July 1992 | Margi Berger, D Berry, Neal Bowers, Ioanna Carlsen, Billy Collins, Faye George, Celia Gilbert, Kenneth Koch, Peter Marcus, Walter McDonald, Mary Oliver, Susan Sink, Gary Soto, Elizabeth Spires, John Updike, Michael Waters, David Barber

There are few poets whose words settle into my soul the way Mary Oliver’s do.

mary oliver poems