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Mary Oliver

Knitted Words

01.12.2010

I love when I can combine two of my favorite things—in this case, writing and knitting. I don’t have to tell you how excited I was to find Poetry Mittens on Ravelry. The tradition of knitting the text of poems into mittens dates back to the late 18th century. And it lives on today. I [...]

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More Mary Oliver

16.11.2010

But where are the words? So begins one of the poems in Mary Oliver’s newest collection, Swan—her twentieth. And it is pure Oliver. So far, the one that won’t let go of me (and I know it’s only the first, and I know others will attach themselves to me—that’s how Oliver’s poems are, they sit, [...]

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On a Rainy, Mary Oliver Morning…

22.08.2010

Lately, I’ve been drawn to re-reading Mary Oliver’s poems. Maybe drawn is too subtle. Pulled with a force that is both unknown and a touch frightening is more accurate. My old copy of her New and Selected Poems (Beacon Press, 1992) opens on its own to several poems. The spine is cracked at “Morning Poem,” [...]

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Happy (Reading) New Year!

01.01.2010

I’m not good at updating my reading list (as you can probably tell). The holiday time is when I treat myself to new books. Yes, I buy books other times, too, but at Christmas I get the books I really have been wanting and had put off. I hound brick & mortar stores, online stores, [...]

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