Thomas Gray’s beautiful “Ode on the Spring” looks to the insect world for lessons on life.
Tag Archives: Mary Oliver
On Watching Spring Come In
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A Mary Oliver Poem for Lent
Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” works as a Lenten poem but departs from medieval notions of what Lent involves.
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Running into the Fire
Oliver and Whyte have poems about running toward fire, an unsettling metaphor during this fire season but thematically sound.
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Going Gently into That Good Night–Or Not
In which I pull on Kenyon, Dylan Thomas, Conrad, Chandler, Lawrence and others in an attempt to penetrate the mysteries of dying.
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An Owl Poem for Winter Solstice
A Mary Oliver owl poem to celebrate the winter solstice.
On Mary Oliver, Joy, and Harris-Walz
Mary Oliver’s tells us to savor joy, which is what many are doing with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
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Which Is Scarier? The Storm or Jesus?
A Mary Oliver poem about Jesus calming the storm asks which is more frightening, the storm or Jesus?
