Poet Helen Mitsios’s ecstatic praise of Harry and David pears.
Tag Archives: Mary Oliver
No Other Pear Can Compare
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Oliver on the Cruel Beauty of Cold
In “Cold Poem,” Mary Oliver finds a positive life message in bitter cold conditions.
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Oliver’s “Bobcat” as an Advent Poem
Mary Oliver’s “Bobcat” can be read as a poem about the Advent promise.
French Team Resembles a Skunk Cabbage
How is the French soccer team like a skunk cabbage? I show how using a Mary Oliver poem.
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the passing of all shining things
e.e. cummings has a dialogue with Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” in his own poem about autumn. I include Frost and Oliver in the reflection as well.
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If You Find Joy, Give in to It
End your week on an upbeat note with Mary Oliver’s “Don’t Hesitate.”
Add the Climate to a Week of Disasters
Mary Oliver’s poem on climate change mixes wonder and sadness.
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Out of Black Ponds, Water Lillies
“Morning Poem” works as an Easter poem because every morning, as Oliver sees it, is a mini-resurrection.
