Friday, September 11, 2009

Of Peace and Politics: Poem for a rainy day in early autumn

Of Peace and Politics: Poem for a rainy day in early autumn

As with Mary Oliver&s most famous poem, “Wild Geese,” there is no attempt to portray nature as benign or Disneyesque; it is not that kind of peace they are speaking of. It is understanding our position in this world in an almost ...


calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting- over and over announcing your place in the family of things. Mary Oliver, Dream Work, Grove Atlantic Inc., 1986 & New and Selected Poems, Beacon Press, 1992. ...


Today I was startled to read that a quote from Mary Oliver&s poem Wild Geese found its way into the speech given by VP Joe Biden at the former site of the World Trade Centers in NYC for the eighth anniversary of September 11th. ...


As with Mary Oliver&s most famous poem, “Wild Geese,” there is no attempt to portray nature as benign or Disneyesque; it is not that kind of peace they are speaking of. It is understanding our position in this world in an almost ...


As with Mary Oliver&s most famous poem, “Wild Geese,” there is no attempt to portray nature as benign or Disneyesque; it is not that kind of peace they are speaking of. It is understanding our position in this world in an almost ...


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