American poet Mary Oliver gained many fans from her thought-provoking reflections on both life and nature. Some loathe poetry, while others love it. For us, though, poems provide wisdom ...

However, I don't have any background in poetry. So, I figured I'd learn from one of the masters: Mary Oliver, who won a Pulitzer and National Book Award for her poetry. I picked up her 1994 book ...

I’m now a strong advocate for starting with Mary Oliver. It’s difficult to choose one of the hundreds of poems in the book that might convince you to give it a try, but the following lines of ...