Dive into the poems for Mary Oliver’s A Thousand Mornings imbibed with the solace of her observations in Nature. In an interview with Krista Tippett in 2015, Mary Oliver profoundly proclaimed – ‘I did find the entire world, in looking for something. But I got saved by poetry, and I got saved by the beauty…
Tag: Poems
Devotions by Mary Oliver (Review): Like Walking in the Woods
Read the review of one of Mary Oliver’s famous books of poems, Devotions, where poems speak in the language of nature. ‘Attention is the beginning of devotion’, observed Mary Oliver, a seeker who found life’s great questions mysteriously answered in the rhythms of the natural world and then reflected those quiet revelations within her poetic…
Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine (Review): The Fine-print in the Greatest Democracy of the World
In this review, the author dives into the series of personal essays in “Just Us: An American Conversation” to better understand the dialogue around the personal and political when it comes to black lives in America. Claudia Rankine is an American poet, essayist and playwright. She has written five collections of poetry and two plays,…
Whereas by Layli Long Soldier (Review): Exploring the Semantics of Hurt and Violence
Dive into the debut poetry collection, Whereas, by Layli Long Soldier, and learn how the poet voices the Indigenous People’s struggles against politicians in this review. In a time when much of the world is on fire, what does it mean to resort to poetry? Is it an effective pursuit? Does it exact real change?…




