Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver died on Thursday at her home in Florida. The 83-year-old writer left behind more than 20 volumes of poems and a legion of bereft fans that include Laura Bush… ...

When news of Mary Oliver’s death came last week, those lines from her poem “Wild Geese” rose out of my memory like startled birds, and they’ve been fluttering around my brain ever since ...

In Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver (Penguin), one of our most beloved writers offers both the best of her work and a spiritual road map of sorts. Spanning more than 50 years and ...

Below are three lessons we can learn from Oliver's poetry and life. May this wisdom inspire you to seek truth, find your voice, and to live a life of deep beauty and profound purpose. Change ...

She wrote in White Flowers: Never in my life . had I felt myself so near . that porous line . where my own body was done with . and the roots and the stems and the flowers . began. Oliver's poetry ...

Sophia Bush is bringing words to life. In honor of National Poetry Month, the 40-year-old actress and activist paired up with Pushkin Industries to create Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary ...

For us, though, poems provide wisdom – especially the beautiful works by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver. After news of her death, aged 83, people from various countries and continents ...

I wasn’t aware that so many of Mary Oliver’s poems were about death. But listening to the recently released Pushkin audiobook Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver, a nearly five ...

Mary Oliver's poems often featured detailed scenes of nature. KUOW Photo/Kara McDermott On November 8, 2005, people lined up at Town Hall Seattle to hear a rare reading by poet Mary Oliver.

Mary Oliver and her dog Ricky, who's not camera-shy. (Photo by Anne Taylor) It’s easy to write bad poetry about dogs. God is dog spelled backwards, pup spelled backwards is still pup, and so on ...

Mary Oliver, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose rapturous odes to nature and animal life brought her critical acclaim and popular affection, has died. She was 83.