People want poetry. They need poetry. They get it. They don't want fancy work. Mary Oliver fancypeoplepoetry Change image and share on social
I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else. Mary Oliver havepoemwant Change image and share on social
To tell you the truth, I believe everything - tigers, trees, stones - are sentient in one way or another. You'd never catch me idly kicking a stone, for example. Mary Oliver catchidlykick Change image and share on social
When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. Mary Oliver amazementarmbride Change image and share on social
You can fool a lot of yourself but you can't fool the soul. Mary Oliver foollotsoul Change image and share on social
Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth. Mary Oliver ancientartbegin Change image and share on social
Writers must... take care of the sensibility that houses the possibility of poems. Mary Oliver carehousepoem Change image and share on social
Apparently, I've been considered a recluse. Mary Oliver apparentlyconsiderhave Change image and share on social
I went to India and was quite taken with it. There's a feeling there that things are holy first and useful second. Mary Oliver feltholyindia Change image and share on social