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About Mary Oliver
American poet
Mary Oliver was an American poet whose work reached wide audiences, and who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. She is known for poetry shaped by close attention to the natural world. Her writing draws much of its force from nature, solitary walks, and a lasting sense of wonder. It is marked by vivid images, spiritual feeling, and plain language, qualities that made her one of the best-selling poets in American history.
More from Mary Oliver (131 quotes) →Other sayings from Mary Oliver
- “Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to…”Mary Oliver
- “Last nightthe rainspoke to meslowly, saying, what joyto come fallingout of the brisk cloud, to be happy again…”Mary Oliver
- “That timeI thought I could notgo any closer to griefwithout dyingI went closer,and I did not die.Surely Godha…”Mary Oliver
- “I read Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet, every day.”Mary Oliver
Poetry: more sayings
- “I was the solitary plovera pencil for a wing-boneFrom the secret notesI must tiltupon the pressureexecute and…”Lorine Niedecker
- “Inside, my soul is curled tightly bearing the burden of massive sins from another life. And my eyes look far…”Hubert Martin
- “My dad was the cause of me being in show business. He was not only in poetry but in acting a bit. He was Mord…”Chuck Berry
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Books by Mary Oliver
Poems
1992
Dog Songs
2014
A thousand mornings
2012
Blue horses
2014
Devotions
2017