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Category Archive: Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver Quote: “I love the line of Flaubert…”

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing.

October 13, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “I worked privately, and sometimes I…”

I worked privately, and sometimes I feel that might be better for poets than the kind of social workshop gathering. My school was the great poets: I read, and I read, and I read.

October 10, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “So this is how you swim…”

So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray.

October 7, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “Animals praise a good day, a…”

Animals praise a good day, a good hunt. They praise rain if they’re thirsty. That’s prayer. They don’t live an unconscious life, they simply have no language to talk about these things. But they are grateful for the good things that come along.

September 8, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “I know the sag of the…”

I know the sag of the unfinished poem. And I know the release of the poem that is finished.

August 17, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “We all have a hungry heart…”

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up.

August 6, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “People want poetry. They need poetry….”

People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don’t want fancy work.

July 5, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “Almost anything is too much. I…”

Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader be the experiencer. I do not want to be there. It is not even a walk we take together.

July 2, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “In college, you learn how to…”

In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that.

May 24, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

Mary Oliver Quote: “Poetry is meant to be heard….”

Poetry is meant to be heard.

May 15, 2021 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

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