End your week on an upbeat note with Mary Oliver’s “Don’t Hesitate.”
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Tag Archives: Mary Oliver
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.
Lit as a Life Survival Kit
When I teach literature, I emphasize application first, interpretation second.
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Diving into May Flowers
An Oliver poem and a Murdoch observation for the month of May.
Feeding This Feverish Plot
Mary Oliver’s “Fish” may be her interpretation of the post-Resurrection story of Jesus eating boiled fish.
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Freed Like a Beached Whale
Our spirits have curiously been lifted by the freeing of the Ever Given. Various whale poems come to mind.
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