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Mary Oliver

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Poet whose 'Wild Geese' is quoted in full to argue against puritanism and for accepting one's carnal nature

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"He would've been so good at being old. He would've read William James or Mary Oliver or whatever so peacefully on the porch with an iced tea."
My dad died two days ago · u/open_field1 · ↑309 · 2024-09-19
"You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on."
What's with the growing puritanism of this sub? · u/Getjac · ↑123 · 2023-04-01
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