My Place in the Family of Things

[florilegia]

Went to hear the Pulitzer-Prize winning and best-selling (how often do those adjectives modify the same noun?) poet Mary Oliver speak at the Lied Center on Wednesday evening. Though it resulted in sleep deprivation, it was worth it to hear her wry sense of humor and her wise words, modeled after Edna Vincent Millay and several Sufi poets

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[hurricanedeck]

Oh I LOVE the little dog poem!

[florilegia]

She has many that are dedicated to her dog. She said at the reading that she wants to make him famous!