Blogs about: Mary Oliver

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Force of Nature

lahdidah1 wrote 5 hours ago: “You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the d … more →

Tags: Nature, Children, death, Family, Life, Moore Tornado, Oklahoma, Peace, Poetry

Mon. May 20, 2013: The Book is Out in the World2 comments

devonellington wrote 1 day ago: What I wish I was doing today! Monday, May 20, 2013 Waxing Moon Saturn Retrograde Rainy and cool I’m … more →

Tags: book finished and sent out, Deborah Tall, From Where We Stand, long life, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oxbow, Play, Preakness, Proposal

Words For The Weekend (all flowers in time bend toward the sun), Volume 378 comments

runningonsober wrote 2 days ago: This is the latest installment of quotes and words that move me for the weekend of 5/18/13 (Volume 3 … more →

Tags: Quotes and Poetry, Songs & Lyrics, Words For The Weekends, Flowers, Jeff Buckley, Mariner2Mother, Poetry, regina spektor, Tulips

The Rapture11 comments

renatembell wrote 2 days ago: Yellow Dahlia; photo taken at the Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Columbia SC 2012 All summer … more →

Tags: Photography & Art, Poetry, Nature, Photography, Poem, Rapture, dahlia, Flowers, happiness

quote du jour ~oliver1 comment

pathwriter wrote 3 days ago: Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ~Mary Oliver … more →

Tags: Poems, Quotations, Life, Living, Poetry, Quotes

Are You Listening?1 comment

JenPastiloff wrote 3 days ago: What has been your greatest epiphany? Do you listen? Buy Elise Ballard’s book Epiphany here. … more →

Tags: Video, are you listening?, Elise Ballard, Epiphany, Intuition, Jennifer Pastiloff, Listen, quiet

Susan’s Playlists for May 13-16, 2013

Susan McCulley wrote 4 days ago: A super-delicious week of reveling in the details of it all! Here are the playlists for the week, pl … more →

Tags: Music Playlists, ellis paul, kt tunstall, MICHAEL JACKSON

Who is my guru, today?9 comments

Amanda wrote 4 days ago: Mary Oliver Mary Oliver writes beautiful poetry. And thanks to blogger-poet Ronald Shields, I have b … more →

Tags: Yoga, gratitude, Body Wisdom, Grounding, nature, Poetry, Guru definition, vultures, missed the bus

Swan light84 comments

ladyfi wrote 5 days ago: I do believe The wings of the swan Love the light of the setting sun.   “Sometimes I need only to st … more →

Tags: Nature, Sunrise, Poetry, Lake, Beauty, Skywatch, Magic, swans

Feeling good3 comments

6vicky7 wrote 5 days ago: Do you have to be good? Mary Oliver’s poem Wild Geese opens emphatically saying no –  ‘You do … more →

Tags: poetry therapy, david hart, Poetry, Patrick Gale, Bloodaxe, wild geese, Cornwall, A perfectly good man, God

spring blossoms + mary oliver's poem "mindful"

rodeoandcophoto wrote 5 days ago: The other morning I had the “pleasure” of having my teeth cleaned – when I was wal … more →

Tags: Inspire, Read, Adore, spring, Poetry, Blossoms

A Reservoir of Grace 2 comments

CMJ wrote 5 days ago: “Look up!”  cried out a lady.  She was walking her dog and I was running toward her.  I was expectin … more →

Tags: ethics, experience?, Grace, Nature, Theology, Running, Birds, Prayer, Boston College

These are a few of my favourite pings.

rbeatrice wrote 6 days ago: As part of National Poetry Month, Metre Maids — a blog that brings poetry out of a particularl … more →

Tags: BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!, Chloe Wilson, Dorothy Porter, Judith Beveridge, metre maids, Poetry, steven herrick, Zoe Konovalov

In Blackwater Woods. by Mary Oliver

inspirare wrote 6 days ago: Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragranc … more →

Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern4 comments

arlene wrote 1 week ago: Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, “Stay awhile.” The light flows fr … more →

Tags: close to nature, Closer to God, Photography, Journeys, Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern, Life, Nature, Weekly Photo Challenge -Wordpress

What is your role in this play called “life”???1 comment

jasmineyogini wrote 1 week ago: The topic of dharma – a Sanskrit word translating roughly as our purpose, or duty – has popped up a … more →

Tags: yoga philosophy, Dharma, Purpose, Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Philosophy, Rita', cosmic order

Last night the rain spoke to me

Alex wrote 1 week ago:     Last night the rain spoke to me slowly, saying, what joy to come falling out of the br … more →

Tags: Poetry, Poetry

Mermaids & Mary Oliver

undermysmallstar wrote 1 week ago: I spent the weekend of my 10th wedding anniversary with the poems of Mary Oliver and mermaids but mo … more →

Tags: Marriage, Relationships, Anniversaries, Poetry, Family, wedding

Amazement1 comment

Yellow Dandelions wrote 1 week ago: As I’ve mentioned, I absolutely love Mary Oliver poetry and this quote has just stuck lately: … more →

Tags: Amazement, Christianity, Faith, God, Love, Poetry


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