Mary Oliver

tags: The Sun, Mary Oliver, poetry, National Poetry Month April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). The image was kindly provided by my friend, Dave Rintoul, who snapped that picture when we were visiting the Platte River in Nebraska, watching the migrating sandhill cranes. Sunset over a slough on the Platte River, Nebraska. Image: Dave Rintoul, March 2008 [larger view]. Today's poem was one I chose for Earth Day, especially for these ending lines; or…
tags: The Rabbit, Mary Oliver, poetry, National Poetry Month April is National Poetry Month, and I plan to post one poem per day, every day this month (If you have a favorite poem that you'd like me to share, feel free to email it to me). My poetry suggestions are starting to run dry, which means I will start posting my own favorites (but you've seen many of those already) or you can send me your favorite poems, which I probably haven't read before! Today's poem was suggested by Tina, a fellow ornithologist who studied Florida scrub-jays. Tina writes; "I saw the poem project and had to…