On the other hand, her maturity allows short unadorned moments of wonder. Mary would say “clamoring toward” happiness. The collection isn’t dark, just reflective. Mary deals more frequently with grief and mortality “Each of us leaves and unfinished life ” and As with previous collections, there are lots of birds and grass, but this collection is different in two ways. Having read most of her previous work, I think Evidence is my favorite. So I reached in my bag for a last minute addition, Evidence, Mary Oliver’s 19 th collection of poems. I plugged in the extended life battery and it died. Half way through a busy travel day, my laptop died. She asked each of us to consider how we will spend our “wild and precious life.” It’s a great question for this weekend.
Mary Oliver was a gift that reconnected many of us to the world we live in.
In 2015, after a bout with cancer, she told Krista Tippett she had become “kinder, more people-oriented, more willing to grow old.” “I always was investigative in terms of everlasting life, but a little more interested now.
After more than 15 collections of poems, she had become America’s most beloved and quoted poet. 1/19/19 Note: Mary Oliver died Thursday at her home in Florida.
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