I learn a lot about my poems when I read them by the way people respond to them. Mary Oliver Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The challenge is to keep up with all the new poets at the same time I love the old ones. Mary Oliver Read Quote
I went to India and was quite taken with it. There’s a feeling there that things are holy first and useful second. Mary Oliver Read Quote
Words have not only a definition… but also the felt quality of their own kind of sound. Mary Oliver Read Quote
I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings. Mary Oliver Read Quote
In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that. Mary Oliver Read Quote
