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Published on June 11, 2015
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Mary Oliver on Listening to the World

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Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting —
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

– Mary Oliver in Wild Geese

Mary Oliver is one of America’s greatest living poets. In this interview with On Being‘s Krista Tippett, Oliver discusses writing, poetry and life.

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