American poet Mary Oliver gained many fans from her thought-provoking reflections on both life and nature. Some loathe poetry, while others love it. For us, though, poems provide wisdom ...

US poet Mary Oliver, who won both the Pulitzer Prize and ... "When it's over," she wrote in When Death Comes, "I want to say: all my life / I was a bride married to amazement.

""I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place"" writes Mary Oliver, ""Yet each has its own force."" Her Long Life: Essays and Other Writings intersperses a few verses among prose ...

This month’s pick is “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver,” a ... leaving a beloved body of work. Oliver was known for celebrating the natural world and life itself in instantly ...