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Red Bird
Red Bird: Poems | Mary Oliver
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A collection of poems celebrates the many forms that love can take and bemoans the fate of the natural world.
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GatheringBooks
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#ThankfulThoughts Day 18: There is #Abundance in this poem found in Mary Oliver‘s Red Bird collection featured by Fats for Poetry Friday: https://wp.me/pDlzr-eYl

Eggs This is Beautiful 💔 3y
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WanderingBookaneer
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hwestfall I love this one! 5y
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WanderingBookaneer
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merelybookish Wow! So good! 5y
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readinginthedark
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I am in love with Ocean
lifting her thousands of white hats
in the chop of the storm,
or lying smooth and blue, the
loveliest bed in the world.
In the personal life, there is
always grief more than enough,
a heart-load for each of us
on the dusty road. I suppose
there is a reason for this, so I will be
patient, acquiescent. But I will live
nowhere except here, by Ocean, trusting
equally in all the blast and welcome
of her sorrowless, salt self.

readinginthedark What an amazing poet who gave so much to the literary world. Rest in Peace, you beauty. 5y
merelybookish 🙌🙏♥️ 5y
batsy 💜 5y
Graywacke Acquiescent never sounded so emotionally charged. Lovely poem. 💙 5y
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lauralovesbooks1
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The imagery in Oliver's poetry is exquisite-- and at times. She is able to stop me in my tracks with just a sentence or two.

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Suet624
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RIP. Oh, Mary, I hope you have lots of poetry in a drawer that we can keep reading for years. 😩😩😩

AceOnRoam RIP ❤ 5y
readordierachel Oh no 💔 5y
AmyG What? 😪 5y
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Redwritinghood 💔💔 5y
AceOnRoam @jb72 you may be interested in this article? 5y
jb72 @AceOnRoam I just saw this posted on FB and reposted the article. I actually was getting ready to post it in #ATB. 5y
Suet624 “When it's over, I want to say all my life/ I was a bride married to amazement." Just gorgeous. 5y
AceOnRoam @jb72 oops, sorry I meant this article/interview from the comment above... https://onbeing.org/programs/mary-oliver-listening-to-the-world/ 5y
Christine ❤️💔❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts @AceOnRoam I just listened to this interview with Mary Oliver ... Thankyou for putting up the link ... On Being .... ♥️💔 5y
LauraBeth Oh this makes my heart hurt. 💔 5y
kspenmoll Huge loss to our world. 😭 5y
batsy Her poems have always lifted me up. ❤️ 5y
ValerieAndBooks I was/am so sad about this 😢. She‘s wonderful. 5y
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hwestfall
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It's #myyearinbooks 😍 My shortest book was Red Bird by Mary Oliver and my longest book was a rereading of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

rachelm Congrats Heather! And Happy New Year!! 6y
MrBook Awesome!!!! 6y
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Alytrue
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This lovely book of poetry was my final read of 2017 - reaching my goal of 66 books!!! It's the most I've ever read in a year. Thanks Litsy for all the inspiration ❤️

Carolyn-HHI Congratulations! 6y
Alytrue @Carolyn-HHI thank you!! 6y
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Alytrue
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#independentbookstoreday #indiebookstoreday at Union Avenue Books in Knoxville. Picked up my first Mary Oliver book of poetry.

lynneamch Ha! I recognize that sign! 7y
Alytrue @lynneamch 😊😊💕 great day to be in downtown Knoxville, no? 7y
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Literaryunicorn
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Spending a little time this morning with my new favorite poet, Mary Oliver. This one really speaks to me. I watch far too many documentaries about climate change.

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Howardsimmons
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This poem hits a little too close to home this election season.

Hobbinol 🙏🏻 8y
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Bibliogeekery
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❤️ Mary Oliver ❤️

JillMoore1226 Mary Oliver is a favorite. ❤️ 8y
Bibliogeekery @JillMoore1226 for me too! She's so great! 8y
ValerieAndBooks One of my fave poets! 8y
BookBabe Great quote and great image! ❤️ 8y
MrBook Like I always say, a day waking up without chalk around your body is a good day 😉👍🏻. 8y
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