Apr 13, 2022 · Amazed and astonished, I began to read the poem aloud, increasingly comforted by specific images used by the poet that sunk into my being, that mirrored my own father’s …

Nov 14, 2018 · Written after his death, this poem, an elegy to Oliver’s father is, in the words of Matthew Gindin, a poem whose shattering generosity – given that Oliver’s father sexually …

A Visitor by Mary Oliver - My father, for example, who was young once and blue-eyed, returns on the darkest of nights to the porch and knock

POEM FOR MY FATHER'S GHOST, by MARY OLIVER Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now is my father Last Line: A brother who has walked his thousand miles …

Feb 12, 2020 · This haunting poem by Mary Oliver comes from a 1986 collection called Dream Work. My comments follow. A Visitor. My father, for example, who was young once and blue …

Oct 28, 2015 · the poetry that was in his heart. Sunset. At the end of the week that was not shiva, I drove my mother to the funeral home. She had chosen a canister with a sunset design. She …

Below, we select and introduce ten of Mary Oliver’s best poems, and offer some reasons why she continues to speak to us about nature and about ourselves. You can buy much of her best …

Apr 12, 2020 · Now is my father Walking the wind, Sniffing the deep Pacific That begins at the end of the world. Vanished from us utterly, Now is my father circling the deepest forest –- Then …

Jun 18, 2011 · My father, for example, who was young once and blue-eyed, returns on the darkest of nights to the porch and knocks wildly at the door, and if I answer I must be prepared for his …

Oct 21, 2014 · "Poem for my Father's Ghost" --Mary Oliver Now is my father A traveler, like all the bold men He talked of, endlessly And with boundless admiration, Over the supper table, Or …