Tag Archives: Mary Oliver

The World Calls to You Like Wild Geese

By Robin Bates | Published: April 21, 2024

For Earth Day, an Oliver poem that lays out the first principle of environmental activism: love the earth.

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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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Glorifying Wild and Precious Lives

By Robin Bates | Published: March 16, 2024

By glorifying God, we glorify God’s creation, and vice versa. Mary Oliver captures how this works in “Summer Day.”

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Oliver: With Intense Cold Comes Honesty

By Robin Bates | Published: January 16, 2024

Mary Oliver says that cold can force us to get real.

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The Wonder of First Snow

By Robin Bates | Published: January 15, 2024

Mary Oliver captures the wonder of a first snowfall.

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Finding God in Silence

By Robin Bates | Published: September 23, 2023

Poet Jennifer Michael gave a talk on finding God through poetry, featuring Berry, Hirshfield, Oliver, and others.

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The Joys of August Blackberries

By Robin Bates | Published: August 8, 2023

In an essay written 12 years ago, I announce a special event with a backdrop of Mary Oliver’s blackberries.

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Anti-Vaxxers Ignore the Past

By Robin Bates | Published: July 10, 2023

Anti-vaxxers should read 19th century novels, which describe high mortality rates

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Blazing Lilies, a Prayer Heard & Answered

By Robin Bates | Published: April 8, 2023

Mary Oliver’s “Morning Poem” works as a fitting verse for Easter, with its vision of new creation–which for her occurs every day.

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