Many of Mary Oliver’s poems, including “The Sun,” function well as Easter poems.
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Tag Archives: Mary Oliver
Pesticides vs. Sweetness and Wings
Monarch butterflies and bees are in grave danger. Poems by Scott Bates and Mary Oliver remind us what we will lose if we don’t move to protect them.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "The Underside of Heaven's Gates" endangered species, bees, environmental devastation, happiness, hive collapse, monarch butterflies, Nature, Scott Bates Comments closed
Something Different Crosses the Threshold
Mary Oliver gives a powerful reading of Jesus calming the storm.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Maybe", Christianity, Jesus, Jesus calming the storm, nature poetry Comments closed
Blossoms Storm out of the Darkness
A perfect May poem from Mary Oliver.
Seahawks: Unleashed, Endlessly Hungry
Mary Oliver’s poem about hunting hawks about sums up last night’s Super Bowl.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Denver Broncos, Football, Marsh Hawks, NFL, Peyton Manning, Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl Comments closed
Poem for Coping with Depression
Mary Oliver’s “Poem for a Blue Heron” is a hopeful but realistic poem about coping with depression.
What Extreme Cold Teaches Us
As Coleridge and Mary Oliver teach us, when we are trapped in extreme cold, we come to value life.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Cold Poem", cold, icebergs, polar ice, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Winter Comments closed