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Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver: Poetry That Heals

I feel like I’m living inside the song, “Stop the World I Want to Get Off,” as I reel from our climate crisis, Afghanistan’s unraveling and a new Covid surge. Mary Oliver to the rescue! I pull one of her poetry books from my shelf, find a quiet place to stretch out and start to read. Oliver’s poems are balm for my soul. They settle [...]

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Are You Neglecting Your Soul?

This is a tricky question because the soul is intangible, mysterious and hard to grasp, yet we recognize when our soul is awakened.  Our world lights up, transporting us to another dimension. My soul is stirred  when I listen to Aretha Franklin sing, cuddle a newborn baby,  watch a sun rise, purchase fresh flowers, or find myself crying [...]

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Mary Oliver: Poetry For the Soul

When my brother started dating a few years after his wife passed, he was surprised that Mary Oliver’s name readily surfaced in conversations with his dates. Baffled he asked me: “Why is Mary Oliver so popular with women?” I  explained: “She speaks to our soul. Her words go to the heart of our lives.” Mary Oliver, now 82-years-old [...]

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