Mary Oliver Quotes

Mary Oliver
American Poet
Born: Sep 10, 1935
Day Life Me Work World You
Related authors: Edgar Allan Poe Emily Dickinson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Maya Angelou Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Frost T. S. Eliot Walt Whitman
I simply do not distinguish between work and play. Mary Oliver
Work Distinguish Simply Between Play
I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded. Mary Oliver
Alone Wished Sort Left Very Succeeded Much Noticed
To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it. Mary Oliver
You Word Find New Accurate New Word Different Alert
Apparently, I've been considered a recluse. Mary Oliver
Considered Recluse Been Apparently
I have the feeling that a lot of poets writing now are - they sort of tap dance through it. Mary Oliver
Writing Dance Feeling Poets Through Sort Tap Lot Now
I read Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet, every day. Mary Oliver
Day Every Day Poet Every Read Persian
At the time I was growing up, literature was involved with the so-called confessional poets. And I was not interested in that. I did not think that specific and personal perspective functioned well for the reader at all. Mary Oliver
Time Perspective Think Poets Involved Well Reader Up Did Personal So-Called Not Interested Literature Interested Growing Growing Up Specific
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