Some loathe poetry, while others love it. For us, though, poems provide wisdom – especially the beautiful works by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver. After news of her death, aged 83 ...

An inspired look at Mary Oliver's poetry and a few lessons activists, humanitarians and social entrepreneurs can learn from her words, work and world.

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 ...

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… ...

Celebrated poet Mary Oliver has died at the age of 83. Bill Reichblum, Oliver’s literary executor, says she died on Thursday at her home in Hobe Sound, Florida. The cause of death was lymphoma ...

Late-life star All this, combined with the throngs that turned out for her public readings, conspired to give Oliver, fairly late in life, the aura of a reluctant, bookish rock star.

In this video, Walley-Beckett reflects on how American poet Mary Oliver has influenced her own life and work, including Anne with an E. Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...