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

“The Summer Day”

“the stars began to burn”

“And then I feel the sun itself”

“Look, the trees”

“Poem (the spirit likes to dress up)”

“The poet dreams of the mountain”

“Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”

“There's a book of poetry”

“As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all.”

“Exercises are like prose, whereas yoga is the poetry of movements. Once you understand the grammar of yoga; you can write your poetry of movements.”

“look, you know i don't wanna come on ungrateful, but that warren report, you know as well as me, just didn't make it. You know, like they might as well have asked some banana salesman from des moines, who was up in toronto on the big day, if he saw anyone around looking suspicious/...”

“A reader takes poetry deep within him or her by accommodating it within his/her range of consciousness. So there is a possibility that the poems are received and understood differently when they enter into readers’ sphere.”