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MARY OLIVER

Poet Analysis

Poems found: 442

AT BLACK RIVER

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED SO FAR

AUGUST

BANYAN

BESIDE THE WATERFALL

THE JOURNEY

SLEEPING IN THE FOREST

WILD GEESE

THE SWAN

SONG OF THE BUILDERS

WHERE DOES THE DANCE BEGIN, WHERE DOES IT END?

DEATH AT A GREAT DISTANCE

EVERY MORNING

FALL

FORTY YEARS

HUMMINGBIRDS

IN MALAYSIA

CLAM

THE LOON

HUMM

GOLDFINCHES

WHEN DEATH COMES

MARENGO

PEONIES

MORNING

THE SUMMER DAY

LANDSCAPE

COLD POEM

ONE HUNDRED WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS ON A SUMMER DAY

THE POET GOES TO INDIANA

WINTER AND THE NUTHATCH

COMING HOME

IN BLACKWATER WOODS

THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO

WALKING TO OAK-HEAD POND, AND THINKING OF THE PONDS I WILL VISIT IN THE NEXT DAYS AND WEEKS

SELF-PORTRAIT

STARLINGS IN WINTER

HERONS IN WINTER IN THE FROZEN MARSH

THE WINTER WOOD ARRIVES

WHEN I AM AMONG TREES

THE SNOWSHOE HARE

THE POET VISITS THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

POEM OF THE ONE WORLD

LINES WRITTEN IN THE DAYS OF GROWING DARKNESS

RAIN

SINGAPORE

THE HERMIT CRAB

THE KINGFISHER

THE MANGO

THE MOTHS

THE SHARK

THE SON

THE WATERFALL

WHAT IS IT?

A THOUSAND MORNINGS

A FIRST TIME PERCY CAME BACK

IN OUR WOODS, SOMETIMES A RARE MUSIC

TOM DANCERS GIFT OF A WHITEBARK PINE CONE

HURRICANE

NEXT TIME

WHY I WAKE EARLY

HONEY AT THE TABLE

THE DEER

THE SUN

THE KITTEN

A DREAM OF TREES

POPPIES

SEVEN WHITE BUTTERFLIES

A LETTER FROM HOME

A VISITOR

AN OLD WHOREHOUSE

AUNT ELSIE'S NIGHT MUSIC

BONE

BREAKAGE

DREAMS

FIVE A.M. IN THE PINEWOODS

FLARE

HAWK

HUMPBACKS

LONELY, WHITE FIELDS

LONG AFTERNOON AT THE EDGE OF LITTLE SISTER POND

MOCKINGBIRDS

MORNING GLORIES

MORNING POEM

OPOSSUM

ORION

PIPEFISH

POEM

POEM FOR MY FATHER'S GHOST

SNAKE

SPRING

STARFISH

THE BLACK SNAKE

THE BLACK WALNUT TREE

THE CHANCE TO LOVE EVERYTHING

THE DIPPER

THE SWIMMING LESSON

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BOSTON

WHITE-EYES

WINGS

WINTER

AM I NOT AMONG THE EARLY RISERS

I FOUND A DEAD FOX

ICH BIN DER WELT ABHANDEN GEKOMMEN

SOMETIMES I AM VICTORIOUS AND EVEN BEAUTIFUL...

THAT SWEET FLUTE JOHN CLARE

LOON ON OAK-HEAD POND

1945-1985: POEM FOR THE ANNIVERSARY

BITTERNESS

CERTAIN SHARPNESS IN THE MORNING AIR

DREAM OF TREES

LETTER FROM HOME

MEETING

POEM FOR THE BLUE HERON: 1.

POEM FOR THE BLUE HERON: 2.

POEM FOR THE BLUE HERON: 3.

POEM FOR THE BLUE HERON: 4.

VISITOR

ACID

ACID

ALEX

ALLIGATOR POEM

AMERICAN PRIMITIVE

OLD WHOREHOUSE

ANNE

ANSWERS

AT BLACK RIVER

AT BLACKWATER POND

AT GREAT POND

AT LOXAHATCHIE

AT ROUND POND

AT SEA

AT THE LAKE

AT THE SHORE

AUGUST

AUGUST

AUNT ELSIE'S NIGHT MUSIC

AUNT ELSIE'S NIGHT MUSIC

AUNT LEAF

BAILING THE BOAT

BANYAN

BEAVER MOON - THE SUICIDE OF A FRIEND

BEING COUNTRY BRED

BESIDE THE WATERFALL

BEYOND THE SNOW BELT

BLACK OAKS

BLACK SNAKE THIS TIME

BLACK SNAKES

BLOSSOM

BLUE HERON

BONE POEM

BOWING TO THE EMPRESS

BREAKAGE

BUCK MOON -- FROM THE FIELD GUIDE TO INSECTS

CATBIRD

CLAM MAN

CLAMMING

COMING HOME

CONSEQUENCES

CREEKS

CROSSING THE SWAMP

CROWS

CROWS

CROWS

DAISIES

DANCERS AT BANSTEAD

DEATH AT A GREAT DISTANCE

DECEMBER

DEER IN THE MEADOW

DOGFISH

DOGS

DREAMS

DREAMS

DRIVING THROUGH THE WIND RIVER RESERVATION: A POEM

EARLY MORNING, NEW HAMPSHIRE

EARLY SNOW

EGRETS

ENCOUNTER

ENTERING THE KINGDOM

EVENING STAR: 1

EVENING STAR: 10

EVENING STAR: 11

EVENING STAR: 12

EVENING STAR: 2

EVENING STAR: 3

EVENING STAR: 4

EVENING STAR: 5

EVENING STAR: 6

EVENING STAR: 7

EVENING STAR: 8

EVENING STAR: 9

EVERY POEM A BIRD

EVERYTHING

FALL

FARM COUNTRY

FIELD NEAR LINDEN, ALABAMA

FINCHES

FIRST SNOW

FISH BONES

FIVE A.M. IN THE PINEWOODS

FLETCHER OAK

FORTY YEARS

FOX

FOXES IN WINTER

GANNETS

GHOSTS

GOING TO WALDEN

GOLDENROD

GOLDFINCHES

GRASS

GRATITUDE

GRAVEL

HAPPINESS

HATTIE BLOOM

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO ENTER THE LONG BLACK BRANCHES

HAWK

HER GRAVE

HERONS IN WINTER IN THE FROZEN MARSH

HOW TURTLES COME TO SPEND THE WINDER IN THE AQUARIUM, ...

HUMMINGBIRD PAUSES AT THE TRUMPET VINE

HUMMINGBIRDS

HUMPBACKS

HUNTER'S MOON -- EATING THE BEAR

I LOOKED UP

ICE

IN BLACKWATER WOODS

IN BLACKWATER WOODS

IN MALAYSIA

IN POBIDDY, GEORGIA

INDONESIA

JOHN CHAPMAN

JUNE

KILLING THE OWL

KNIFE

LANDSCAPE

LAST DAYS

LEARNING ABOUT THE INDIANS

LILIES

LINGERING IN HAPPINESS

LITTLE OWL WHO LIVES IN THE ORCHARD

LITTLE SUMMER POEM TOUCHING THE SUBJECT OF FAITH

LONELY, WHITE FIELDS

LONG AFTERNOON AT THE EDGE OF LITTLE SISTER POND

LOOKING AT A BOOK OF VAN GOGH'S PAINTINGS, ...

LOOKING FOR SNAKES

MAGELLAN

MAPLES

MARCH

MARSH HAWKS

MAY

MAYBE

MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE

MILKWEED

MOCASSIN FLOWERS

MOCCASIN FLOWERS

MOCKINGBIRDS

MORNING

MORNING AT GREAT POND

MORNING GLORIES

MORNING IN A NEW LAND

MORNING POEM

MORNING WALK

MOSS

MUSHROOMS

MUSIC LESSONS

MUSSELS

NATURE

NIGHT FLIGHT

NO VOYAGE

OCTOBER

ON LOSING A HOUSE: 1

ON LOSING A HOUSE: 2

ON LOSING A HOUSE: 3

ON LOSING A HOUSE: 4

ON LOSING A HOUSE: 5

ON LOSING A HOUSE: 6

ON LOSING A HOUSE: 7

ON WINTER'S MARGIN

ONCE

ONE HUNDRED WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS ON A SUMMER DAY: 1

ONE HUNDRED WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS ON A SUMMER DAY: 2

ONE HUNDRED WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS ON A SUMMER DAY: 3

ONE HUNDRED WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS ON A SUMMER DAY: 4

ONE OR TWO THINGS

OPOSSUM

ORION

OWL IN THE BLACK OAKS

PEONIES

PICKING BLUEBERRIES, AUSTERLITZ, NEW YORK, 1957

PILOT SNAKE

PIPEFISH

POEM

POEM FOR MY FATHER'S GHOST

POPPIES

PORCUPINE

PRAISE

RAGE

RAIN

RAIN

RAIN IN OHIO

RAIN, TREE, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING

RICE

ROBERT SCHUMANN

ROSES

ROSES

ROSES, LATE SUMMER

RUMOR OF MOOSE IN THE LONG TWILIGHT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

SAND DABS, FIVE

SAND DABS, FOUR

SAND DABS, SIX

SAND DABS, THREE

SEPTEMBER

SERENGETI

SHADOWS

SHELLEY

SINGAPORE

SKUNK CABBAGE

SLEEPING IN THE FOREST

SNAILS

SNAKE

SO

SOME HERONS

SOME QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT ASK

SOME THINGS, SAY THE WISE ONES

SPIDERS

SPRING

SPRING

SPRING

SPRING AZURES

SPRING IN THE CLASSROOM

STANLEY KUNITZ

STARFISH

STARK COUNTY HOLIDAY

STARS

STORIES

STORM

STORM IN MASSACHUSETTS, SEPTEMBER 1982

STRAWBERRY MOON

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SWANS ON THE RIVER AYR

TASTING THE WILD GRAPES

TECUMSEH

BLACK SNAKE

BLACK WALNUT TREE

BOAT

BUDDHA'S LAST INSTRUCTION

CHANCE TO LOVE EVERYTHING

DEER

DIPPER

DOG HAS RUN OFF AGAIN

EGRET

ESQUIMOS HAVE NO WORD FOR WAR

FAMILY

FIRE

FISH

FISH

GESTURE

GIFT

HERMIT CRAB

HONEY TREE

HOUSE

HOUSE

JOURNEY

KINGFISHER

KITTEN

KOOKABURRAS

LAMPS

LILIES BREAK OPEN OVER THE DARK WATER

LOON ON OAK-HEAD POND

MOTHS

MURDERER'S HOUSE

NIGHT TRAVELER

NOTEBOOK

OAK TREE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE BLACKWATER POND

OSPREY

OTHER

OWL

PINEWOODS

PONDS

RABBIT

RABBIT

RAPTURE

RETURN

RIVER

RIVER STYX, OHIO

SEA

SEA MOUSE

SHARK

SNOWSHOE HARE

STORM

SUMMER DAY

SUN

SUNFLOWERS

SUNFLOWERS

SWAN

SWIMMER

SWIMMING LESSON

TERNS

TRURO BEAR

TURTLE

WATERFALL

WAVES

WHISTLER

THEIR WINGS

THIS MORNING AGAIN IT WAS IN THE DUSTY PINES

THREE POEMS FOR JAMES WRIGHT

THREE PROSE POEMS

THREE SONGS

TOAD

TRILLIUMS

TROUT LILIES

TURTLE

TWO KINDS OF DELIVERANCE

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BOSTON

VULTURES

WARBLERS

WATER SNAKED

WEST WIND

WHAT IS IT?

WHELKS

WHEN DEATH COMES

WHERE DOES THE TEMPLE BEGIN, WHERE DOES IT END?

WHISPERS

WHITE FLOWERS

WHITE NIGHT

WHITE OWL FLIES INTO AND OUT OF THE FIELD

WHITE PINE

WILD GEESE

WILLIAM

WILLIAMS CREEK

WINGS

WINGS

WINTER

WINTER AT HERRING COVE

WINTER IN THE COUNTRY

WOLF MAN

WORK (1)

WORK (2)

WRENS

WRITING POEMS

YES! NO!



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