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Mar 24, 2019
"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.
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.
