from “Franz Marc’s Blue Horses,” Devotions by Mary Oliver Mary Oliver was ... of nature from this stunning collection. Oliver details how the work of Walt Whitman encouraged her to write.

Mary Oliver, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose work, with its plain language and minute attention to the natural world, drew a wide following while dividing critics, died on Thursday at her home ...

Mary Oliver, arguably America’s most beloved best-selling poet, had died earlier in the day, at the age of 83. Her poem “Wild Geese,” from her 1986 collection “Dream Work,” was written ...

Mary Oliver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose body of work is largely filled with imagery of the natural world — cats, opossums crossing the street, sunflowers and black oaks in the sunshine.

Perhaps that is the reason I love Mary so much." When it comes to Oliver's work, Bush considers herself a fan: "I often wake up and sit down with a cup of coffee and one of Mary's books and give ...

Oliver’s work offered sanctuary from the marketplace ... The shop — not to mention the scores of unofficial Mary Oliver–printed merch available online — reveals how our culture has ...

“Mary Oliver is saving my life,” Paul Chowder ... Sara Teasdale—before discovering Oliver. In her work, he finds consolation: “I immediately felt more sure of what I was doing.” ...

The late poet Mary Oliver warned against looking without noticing. In an age of distraction, her work is more urgent than ever. If you’re interested in reading another poet whose work focuses on ...

But listening to the recently released Pushkin audiobook Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver, a nearly five-hour reflection on her life and works, I quickly realized that her ...