Mary Oliver: Poet of Awe

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March 24, 2019 a project of ServiceSpace You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life - Mary Oliver - Mary Oliver: Poet of Awe Mary Oliver was in a class by herself. Distinguished with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, she was viewed with suspicion by literary critics for her status as a kind of rock star poet. For those of us who read her like a daily liturgy, her name is synonymous with other such essential words: mystery, wild, awe, terror, devotion, gratitude, grace. All of them come alive in her simple poems, that seem to rise from the crossroad of nature and spirituality, brimming with good questions. Fabiana Fondevila begins her process of saying goodbye in this essay full of beautiful snippets from the poet who helped so many of us find our way home to devotion and prayer through wonder and awe. { read more } Be The Change Write down your favorite poem, by Mary Oliver or someone else. Add how this poem changed you. Leave this for someone else to find, like a hand reaching out to another who wonders. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News What It Means to Hold Space & 8 Tips to Do it Well How to Age Gracefully Anne Lamott Writes Down Every Single Thing She Knows Pushing Through: A Poem for Grieving Hearts The Axis & the Sycamore Mary Oliver: Instructions for Living A Life The Life of Death Last Lecture DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 245,318 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More