Poetry Quote by Mary Oliver — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Instructions for living a life.”

“I wanted the past to go away, I wanted”

““When it's over, I want to say: all my life”

“The Uses Of Sorrow”

“Gannets”

“The Journey”

“And then I feel the sun itself”

“...so i will greet you”

“A poem was a box for your soul. That was the point. It was the place where you could save bits of yourself, and shake out your darkest feelings, without worrying that people would think you were strange. While I was writing, I would forget myself and everyone else; poetry made me feel part of something noble and beautiful and bigger than me. [...] I slid them under the carpet as soon as they were done, all the images and rhymes wrestled into place. By the time I had copied them out, I found I had memorized every line. Then they would surprise me by surging through me, like songs I knew by heart.”

“Be true to your word and your work and your friend.”

“A FEATHER.”

“The Apache don't have a word for love," he said.”