RIP Mary Oliver

[samanthabryant]

 I just learned that Mary Oliver died. She lived a long life, into her eighties, and wrote some immortal lines that will live on long beyond her sojourn on this earth. A poet could certainly do worse. Here are two of my favorites: The Summer Day, which posed one of the best questions I’ve ever been asked (Tell me, what is it you plan to do/with your one wild and precious life?) and Wild Geese, which taught us all to be kinder to ourselves.

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[johncomic]

TBH poems don't usually reach me... but these did. <3 <3

[samanthabryant]

That's one of the great things about Oliver's work. She's very straightforward in her language and accessible, but still gets to the heart of things.

[johncomic]

sounds like what I need