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

“I know many lives worth living.”

“The Old Poets Of China”

“The Uses Of Sorrow”

“A dog can never tell you what she knows from the”

“Poem (the spirit likes to dress up)”

“Sleeping In The Forest”

“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.”

“A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.”

“Sometimes to self-discover you must self-destruct.”

“the goal is not to heal”

“I wanted to be wanted and he was very beautiful, kissed with his eyes closed, and only felt good while moving. You could drown in those eyes, I said, so it’s summer, so it’s suicide, so we’re helpless in sleep and struggling at the bottom of the pool.”

“And night comes with a gentle storm to permeate the conduits of my blood. And shy rain whispers your name.”