So, I figured I'd learn from one of the masters: Mary Oliver, who won a Pulitzer ... of sounds and rhymes in changing the feeling of a poem. Oliver defines several sound devices and gives examples ...

""I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place"" writes Mary Oliver ... as ""Dog Talk,"" ""Emerson: An... Oliver's seven-part book-length poem takes its title from Ruskin ...

American poet Mary Oliver gained many fans from her thought-provoking reflections on both life and nature. Some loathe poetry, while others love it. For us, though, poems provide wisdom ...