In “Going to Walden,” Mary Oliver—understanding Thoreau in a deep way—refuses to, in fact, go there.
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To Find Your Walden, Look around You
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Oliver’s Hard-Earned Vision of Life
In which I agree with an Atlantic article defending the poetry of Mary Oliver against detractors.
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Chaucer & Mary Oliver on Loaves and Fishes
Chaucer’s Wife of Bath and Mary Oliver both have interesting takes on the loaves and fishes story. Their two interpretations are not as far apart as it first seems.
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Earth Day: Mary Oliver Notices
A Mary Oliver poem for Earth Day: “Ghosts” looks back at the large buffalo herds and forward to what it will take to restore nature.
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A White Cross Streaming across the Sky
Mary Oliver’s “Swan” has an Easter message.
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Palm Sunday and Two Donkey Poems
Two donkey poems to celebrate Palm Sunday, by G.K. Chesterton and Mary Oliver.
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A Poem for Entering December
In “Beyond the Red River,” McGrath looks out at the North Dakota prairie and embraces winter.
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Trusting the Gift Within
Merwin’s “Gift” helps us understand the meaning of Advent.
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