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Mary Oliver on Frog (and Human) Sex

By Robin Bates | Published: April 17, 2024

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

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Frogs Everywhere Shouting Their Desire

By Robin Bates | Published: April 4, 2019

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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