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3 lip 2019 · It’s this respect and curiosity that fires up the attention that Oliver calls ‘the beginning of devotion’. Teach the children. We don’t matter so much, but the children do. Show them daisies and the pale hepatica. Teach them the taste of sassafras and wintergreen.
31 mar 2022 · Oliver: I’ve become kinder, more people-oriented, more willing to grow old. I always was investigative, in terms of everlasting life, but a little more interested now, a little more content with my answers.
Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild.
2 lis 2016 · Oliver approached her new sacred world not just with the imaginative purposefulness typical of children aglow with a new obsession, but with a survivalist determination aimed at nothing less than self-salvation: I learned to build bookshelves and brought books to my room, gathering them around me thickly. I read by day and into the night.
3 mar 2019 · Mary Oliver. “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” These are some of the best known words of the poet Mary Oliver who died this past January. Mary Oliver attended an Episcopal church, but many call her the unofficial poet laureate of Unitarian Universalists.
4 dni temu · Mary Oliver was an American poet whose work reflects a deep communion with the natural world as well as a belief that poetry “mustn’t be fancy.” Oliver, who had a devoted following, was known for her use of plain language and accessible imagery.
22 sty 2019 · The work of Mary Oliver has long been celebrated for its simplicity, beauty, and clarity. Her rich, sensory language, exploration of the line between human and non-human worlds, and the frank...
