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Sweeney Tom's avatar

If poetry has saints, Mary Oliver is one of the most venerable.

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Deborah Brasket's avatar

Love this, so true: And this is what I learned: that the world’s otherness is antidote to confusion, that standing within this otherness—the beauty and the mystery of the world, out in the fields or deep inside books—can re-dignify the worst-stung heart.

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man of aran's avatar

Depth and simplicity, clarity and and wisdom, that’s Mary Oliver.

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Frank Garnick's avatar

Those who know, know. Thank you.

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Dian Parker's avatar

“…the world’s otherness is antidote to confusion”

Bury your face in it. Breathe deep.

Thanks for this.

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Russell C. Smith's avatar

Mary Oliver's poetry makes me want to go walk in the woods.

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Kimberly Richardson's avatar

Mary Oliver fills me to the brim spilling over, with hope,gladness and child like wonder.

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Charles Laster's avatar

A wonderful message for this great age of stress, anxiety, and depression!

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Peter's avatar

Speaking from experience both are admirable ways to escape the tortures of twisted family life and come out the other side not repeating the intergenerational pattern.

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Oganga Mangiti's avatar

Love this!

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