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There are a few Mary Oliver poems about death—well, a few lines of a few poems—that have made the whole thing a little less awful, or at least a little more natural: “White Owl Flies Into ...
Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild.
In Blackwater Woods is a free verse poem written by Mary Oliver (1935–2019). The poem was first published in 1983 in her collection American Primitive , which won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize . [ 1 ] The poem, like much of Oliver's work, uses imagery of nature to make a statement about human experience.
She named her debut EP after a Mary Oliver poem. While learning guitar, May listened to Laura Marling, Paul McCartney, Jeff Buckley, and Leonard Cohen. [35] She has also named Joni Mitchell, Elliott Smith, [4] Frank Ocean, and Lana Del Rey, as influences. [2]
Mr. James Wright reading a poem of his. Biography and critical commentary at Modern American Poetry Archived 2009-01-03 at the Wayback Machine from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Peter A. Stitt (Summer 1975). "James Wright, The Art of Poetry No. 19". The Paris Review. Summer 1975 (62).
The poem is often attributed to anonymous or incorrect sources, such as the Hopi and Navajo tribes. [1]: 423 The most notable claimant was Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905–2004), who often handed out xeroxed copies of the poem with her name attached. She was first wrongly cited as the author of the poem in 1983. [4]
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Cook and Mary Oliver lived together in Provincetown, Massachusetts, after first meeting at the former home of poet Edna St Vincent Millay in the late 1950s. [3] Oliver dedicated many works to Cook, and while accepting the National Book Award in 1992 she publicly thanked Cook, saying "Molly Malone Cook, the best reader anyone could have.