American poet Mary Oliver gained many fans from her thought-provoking reflections on both life ... death, aged 83, people from various countries and continents have shared their favourite poems ...

""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 ...

US poet Mary Oliver ... Her view of death - and what a worthwhile life should feel like - was summed up in her much-loved 1992 poem, The Summer Day, where she ponders the value of feeling ...