![]() ![]() Oliver passed away January 17th at her home in Florida after a battle with lymphoma. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. ![]() When it's over, I want to say all my life What is it going to be like, that cottage of darkness? I want to step through the door full of curiosity, wondering: Poems by Mary Oliver, 1992, Beacon Press edition, in English - Volume 1: paperback ed. In her National Book Award winning collection, New and Selected Poems, Oliver had mused about the meaning of life in the poem " When Death Comes": Oliver continued to work late into her life, with her most recent collection, Devotions, published in 2017. Poetry and nature were her escapes from this troubled home life, and she found solace in the work of poets such as Rumi, as well as in the lengthy walks that would serve as inspiration for her own poetry. Often, her work focused on the natural world, but she also explored more personal topics, such as the sexual abuse and neglect she suffered as a child. Though she was not always critically acclaimed, her work nonetheless earned her both a Pulitzer Prize (in 1984 for her collection American Primitive) and a National Book Award (in 1992 for New and Selected Poems). Award-winning and much beloved poet Mary Oliver passed away this week.īest known for her accessible writing style and attunement to nature, Oliver's work made her one of the most popular poets in the country. In the free verse poem When death comes by Mary Oliver, the speaker contemplates what the inevitability of what death means to humans. ![]()
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