Writers must... take care of the sensibility that houses the possibility of poems. Mary Oliver carehousepoem Change image and share on social
Words have not only a definition... but also the felt quality of their own kind of sound. Mary Oliver definitionfeltkind Change image and share on social
I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded. Mary Oliver leavenoticesort Change image and share on social
To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. Mary Oliver attentionendlesspay Change image and share on social
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 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. Mary Oliver begindutyfeeling Change image and share on social
So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray. Mary Oliver flowoutwardpray Change image and share on social
Believe me, if anybody has a job and starts at 9, there's no reason why they can't get up at 4:30 or five and write for a couple of hours, and give their employers their second-best effort of the day - which is what I did. Mary Oliver coupledayeffort 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
There is nothing better than work. Work is also play; children know that. Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It's duty. Mary Oliver childdutyearnestly Change image and share on social
