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Devotions

: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career. Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched c

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“You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the cl…”

— Mary Oliver, amazon.com

Tagged: Poetry, How To Think

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

— Mary Oliver, amazon.com

Tagged: Poetry

“He is exactly the poem I wanted to write.”

— Mary Oliver, amazon.com

Tagged: muse in writing, Writing, Poetry, poetry inspiration, In love