A sweet light has blown out
@sallypup (57869)
Centralia, Washington
January 17, 2019 8:24pm CST
How to describe the legacy that Mary Oliver left the world? Many folks will say who? And indeed I heard the "Who Who!" of an owl as I read her words. Mary Oliver won the Pulitzer prize for her poetry. She died today. Cancer robbed the world of genteel beauty.
Mary's work remains but still, her voice will never give more. Mary was a mentor; someone to aspire to as I wandered my own world. I walk and search and feel and at times know the freedom fresh in a Canada goose's flight or perhaps a Great Blue heron's squawk.
Thank you, Mary. I never had the miracle of meeting you and yet I did.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Jan 19
Sad but she left something behind for the world to know her, something wonderful.
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@sallypup (57869)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jan 19
@andriaperry True. Many folks use her work as a tool in poetry seminars.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Jan 19
I did read of her passing. Her Pulitzer was for "American Primitive."
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@RasmaSandra (73407)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jan 19
Sad as this is at least she left behind her legacy for future generations.
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