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Contemporary Poets » Mary Oliver » Mary Oliver Poems

Mary Oliver Poems

“to live in this world
you must be able
to do three things
to love what is mortal;
to hold it

against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go”

– Mary Oliver

Poems by Mary Oliver

 

  • At Blackwater Pond
  • At Great Pond
  • Aunt Leaf
  • Black Oaks
  • Dogfish
  • Egrets
  • Fall Song
  • Honey At The Table
  • I Looked Up
  • Mockingbirds
  • Sleeping In The Forest
  • The Chance To Love Everything
  • The Humpbacks
  • The Journey
  • The Storm
  • The Sun
  • The Swan
  • When Death Comes
  • Wild Geese

 

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  • Mary Oliver Poems
    • At Blackwater Pond
    • At Great Pond
    • Aunt Leaf
    • Black Oaks
    • Dogfish
    • Egrets
    • Fall Song
    • Honey At The Table
    • I Looked Up
    • Mockingbirds
    • Sleeping In The Forest
    • The Chance To Love Everything
    • The Humpbacks
    • The Journey
    • The Storm
    • The Sun
    • The Swan
    • When Death Comes
    • Wild Geese