Mary Oliver: The Enduring Wisdom of Her Nature-Inspired Poetry
Explore Mary Oliver’s profound connection to nature and how it inspired her celebrated poetry. Learn about her life, themes, and enduring legacy.
Poems
To Addle
“He looks it up: Loss of development. A process by which an egg ceases to be viable.”
-ed
“You don’t realize the extent that you loved until it’s gone but I’m removing the -ed because I still love you.”
Rumi: The Poet of the Heart
Rumi, a name that resonates through centuries, is a 13th-century Persian poet whose works transcend borders and beliefs.
Heather Wishik Poetry Collection
“My vertebrae, sternum, right pelvis. Someday I too will bend, be unable to stand, sway, dance in the breeze.”
What if They’re Like Me?
“What if they’re free, getting the best parts of me, and the rest, even better. Pieces of their own making.”
Wess Mongo Jolley Poetry Collection
“Birds will peck apart my life, scraps blown like snowy leaves, blue-veined paper reduced to pulp by early winter rain.”
A.C. Yeboah Poetry Collection
“what if you never said sorry for taking up the space you hold, you no longer nursed your pain like a fever-high toddler.”
Dichotomy of a Dad
“She is the daughter who heard the news. Whose eyes began to well, but after eighteen years is all out of tears”