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Mary Oliver on Frog (and Human) Sex

Mary Oliver captures the magic of April in these two sexually-charged frog poems.

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Frogs Everywhere Shouting Their Desire

Friday Warm weather looks like it is finally here for good in southern Tennessee, and the frogs are out in force. My biology students inform me, whenever I teach Mary Oliver’s “Blossom,” that all the peeping and croaking is designed to attract a mate. Well aware of this, Oliver appears to have written her poem […]

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