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NATURE IS GAY, AND OTHER THGS I LEARNED FROM MARY OLIVER'S POETRYCAN THE LATE LBIAN POET SPIRE A YOUNG NEW YORKER TO ROAM EELY?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLAMARCH 26, 2019/12:26 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:4200PX;WIDTH:6300PX;}GETTYCANADIAN GEE MIGRATGBY SAM MANZELLAMARCH 26, 2019 / 12:26 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NATURE IS GAY, AND OTHER THGS I LEARNED FROM MARY OLIVER'S POETRY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-26T16:26:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-26T16:26:16.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IF YOU CAN’T TEACH YOURSELF” IS A BIWEEKLY SERI WHICH A YOUNG QUEER WOMAN EXPERIENC A CULTURAL ARTIFACT BELOVED BY OLR MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ MUNY, FURTHERANCE OF HER OWN QUEER TN. THK OF AS A SYLLAB FOR QUEER CULTURE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE EVE OF STG DOWN TO WRE THIS LUMN, I BROUGHT A TOTE BAG FULL OF MARY OLIVER'S BOOKS TO PROSPECT PARK TO READ POETRY ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD THE SUNSHE, AS GOD—A LBIAN—TEND. BEE I'M A CHILD OF THE TER, I RECYCLED THAT JOKE ON TWTER, KEPT MY HEADPHON , AND GRABBED AN ICED FFEE TO ACPANY ME ON MY LERARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OLIVER FIRST LAND ON MY RADAR THE MOST SPECTACULARLY SAD OF WAYS: I WROTE AN OBUARY AFTER HER ATH AT AGE 83 THIS JANUARY. SHE WAS A PROLIFIC, PULZER PRIZE-WNG POET AND SAYIST WHOSE WORK SPANNED S (AND WHOSE UNOFFICIAL FAN CLUB CLUS HIGH-PROFILE MEMBERS LIKE HILLARY CLTON, MARIA SHRIVER, AND AVA DUVERNAY.)KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAGLONG BEACH, CA - OCTOBER 26: CALIFORNIA FIRST LADY MARIA SHRIVER (R) TRODUC PULZER PRIZE AND NATNAL BOOK AWARD WNG POET MARY OLIVER DURG HER ANNUAL WOMEN'S CONFERENCE 2010 ON OCTOBER 26, 2010 AT THE LONG BEACH CONVENTN CENTER LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. ATTEN TO THE NFERENCE CLU GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND NDIDAT FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR REPUBLIN MEG WHMAN AND DEMOCRAT JERRY BROWN. (PHOTO BY KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM LEFT: MARY OLIVER AND MARIA SHRIVER AT SHRIVER'S ANNUAL WOMEN'S CONFERENCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WAS ALSO OPENLY GAY AND LIVED PROVCETOWN, MASS., WH HER PARTNER OF MORE THAN 40 YEARS, MOLLY MALONE COOK, UNTIL COOK'S ATH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A QUICK GLANCE AT ANY OF HER MANY POETRY BOOKS REVEALS HER TE PASSN: ENVIRONMENTALISM. OLIVER'S E OF MOTIFS OM THE NATURAL WORLD—FLORA, FNA, PLAS, YOU NAME —IS BETIFUL S SIMPLICY. HER WRG IS FLOWERY THE LERAL SENSE, BUT NOT FIGURATIVELY. THE TL OF HER MOST POPULAR POEMS, CLUDG "WILD GEE" AND "THE SWAN," REFLECT THIS APPROACH TO LANGUAGE. SHE FTLY MAK MEANG OUT OF IMAG WE ALL KNOW AND REGNIZE, FDS PTH SIMPLE, TANGIBLE THGS WE N SEE WH OUR OWN EY. IN 2009'S EVINCE, THE POEM "PRCE BUZZARD" THE IMAGE OF A RRN BIRD TO ILLTRATE THE CYCLIL NATURE OF LIFE AND THE EVABILY OF ATH (".. THE DARK WORK / THAT WAS YOURS / WHICH WASN'T TO BE DONE EASILY OR QUICKLY / BUT THOROUGHLY").{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN WHEN OLIVER WR ABOUT GOD OR THE DIVE, SHE RARELY READS AS PREACHY OR ABSOLUTIST. AS WRER RUTH FRANKL PUTS FOR THE NEW YORKER, "WH A FEW EXCEPTNS, OLIVER’S POEMS DON’T END THUNRBOLTS. THEIRS IS A GENTLER FORM OF MORAL DIRECTN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE I FD THIS A REMARKABLY DIFFICULT BALANCE TO STRIKE, PECIALLY POETRY, WHERE BETIFUL WORDS AND BREVY TOO OFTEN MASQUERA AS PROFOUNDNS, OLIVER'S GENUY HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN REGNIZED. IN FACT, SHE'S LONG BEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS RACHEL SYME NOT A TRIBUTE PIECE FOR THE NEW YORKER, OLIVER WAS DRAGGED THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME BY CRICS, WHO LLED HER WORK OVERLY SIMPLISTIC: "OLIVER’S CRICS SNEERED, PERHAPS WH A SUBNSC (OR EVEN PURPOSEFUL) MISOGYNY, AT WORK THAT ALS PRIMARILY WH TERR REVELATNS AND SMALL, DAILY NCERNS AND OBSERVANC, LIKE THE SOUND OF A LOVER WHISTLG ANOTHER ROOM, OR THE WAY KISSG FEELS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE OLIVER WAS A WOMAN WRG THE LERARY AND POETRY WORLDS, TWO SPAC TRADNALLY RELEGATED TO MALE WRERS, THAT LE OF CRICISM IS NOT SURPRISG TO ME. DOUBLY SO FOR A LBIAN WRER, AND TRIPLY SO FOR A LBIAN WRER WHOSE WORK HIGHLIGHTS THE BETY, TRIGUE, AND PLEXY OF THE NATURAL WORLD. FLOWERS AND SWANS ARE "JT #GIRLYTHGS," RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, THE FACT THAT POETRY HAS LONG BEEN A PILLAR OF LBIAN CULTURE IS NVENIENTLY BEG IGNORED HERE. SAPPHO—Y, THAT SAPPHO, WHOSE NAME AND GEOGRAPHIC LOTN SPIRED THE TERMS "SAPPHIC" AND "LBIAN"—WAS A POETS THE DAYS OF ANCIENT GREECE. THE TRADN NTU TODAY, ALBE DIFFERENT FORMS. WE ALL KNOW THEM: POETRY SLAMS, OPEN MIC NIGHTS AT LOL F, SPOKEN WORD YOUTUBE CHANNELS, SELF-PUBLISHED Z BURSTG WH ANGSTY QUEER FEELS. IN FACT, SOME OF AMERI'S MOST REVERED NTEMPORARY POETS, CLUDG OCEAN VUONG (NIGHT SKY WH EX WOUNDS) AND EILEEN MYL (EVOLUTN, CHELSEA GIRLS) INTIFY UNR THE LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WRG OLIVER OFF AS AN UNSOPHISTITED POET IS RCTIVE OF HER TALENTS (AND TOTALLY SEXIST). IT ALSO IGNOR THE HEAVS—TALK OF LIFE AND ATH, OPPRSN AND STCTN, SEX AND BIRTH—THAT PERMEAT HER WRG. IN A TOUCHG MEMORIAL PIECE FOR LERARY HUB, WRER JEANNA KADLEC SPEAKS TO OLIVER'S E OF THE POETIC FORM TO MENT ON HUMANY'S STCTN OF THE NATURAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT STCTN EXTENDS TO MISTREATMENT WH OUR SPECI, TOO. CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY OPPRS QUEER PEOPLE AND VASTAT THE WORLD'S PLENTIFUL NATURAL ROURC (RA FORTS, RAL REEFS, OCEANS, ENDANGERED ANIMALS) SIMULTANEOLY. THE ISSU DIFFER, AND THE MOS OF OPPRSN AREN'T NEATLY PARABLE, BUT THE MSAGE IS THE SAME: THE WAY YOU ARE NATURALLY, YOUR RAW, UNADULTERATED FORM, ISN'T GOOD OR VALUABLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OLIVER ENURAG TO FD OUR RAISON D'êTRE THGS THAT SEEM TRIVIAL. WE'RE GOOD ENOUGH, VALUABLE ENOUGH, WHETHER OR NOT SOCIETY AGRE. LOOK AROUND, HER POETRY TELLS , THE MANDG-BUT-MELODIC VOICE OF A TE LBIAN ELR™, AND RELISH WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, MOST OF N'T GO TOTALLY OFF-THE-GRID AND PULL A "LADY WHO LIV THE WOODS." BUT WE OWE TO OURSELV TO OBSERVE AND APPRECIATE WHAT SURROUNDS , WHAT GROUNDS . AFTER ALL, WHAT'S THE POT OF LIVG IF WE N'T TAKE A BREATHER TO EXPERIENCE THE WORLD WHICH WE LIVE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HER WORDS EVEN GOT THIS YOUNG, URBAN BROOKLYNE TO TAKE OUT HER AIRPODS AND GO FOR A WALK ALONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OLIVER SHOULD HAVE THE LAST WORD. HERE'S AN EXCERPT OM "TO BEG WH, THE SWEET GRASS":{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT I LOVED THE BEGNG, I THK, WAS MOSTLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEVER MD THAT I HAD TO, SCE SOMEBODY HAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT WAS MANY YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE THEN I HAVE GONE OUT OM MY NFEMENTS,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH WH DIFFICULTY...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND I HAVE BEE THE CHILD OF THE CLOUDS, AND OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE BEE THE IEND OF THE ENEMY, WHOEVER THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE BEE OLR AND, CHERISHG WHAT I HAVE LEARNED,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE BEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHAT DO I RISK, TO TELL YOU THIS, WHICH IS ALL I KNOW?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOVE YOURSELF. THEN FET . THEN, LOVE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST OF OLIVER'S WORK IS STILL PRT AND AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD. I REMEND STARTG WH EVINCE, NEW AND SELECTED POEMS: VOLUME I, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
She was a beloved fixture the historic gaytn cy, Provcetown.
)From left: Mary Oliver and Maria Shriver at Shriver's annual Women's Conference was also openly gay and lived Provcetown, Mass., wh her partner of more than 40 years, Molly Malone Cook, until Cook's ath 2005. ”Oliver was not primarily known as a lbian poet, nor as one who had found human love early—found , moreover, long before ntemporary gay liberatn, long before uld be publicly nsecrated or clared. ” Such poems turned up actual lurgi, read om actual pulps, often: more than one wrer has dubbed her “the unofficial poet lreate” of the Unarian Universalist earlier books brg her closer to olr poets, a le of epiphanic nature poetry that has long preferred animals, any animals, and flowers, any flowers, to Homo sapiens.
In the wake of her ath, a letter she wrote to her 14-year-old self, which she unseled that beg gay would turn out to be OK, went viral. Among his achievements, he was one of the first openly gay men to n for the Geia Hoe of Reprentativ, the first openly gay male legate to the Democratic Natnal Conventn om Geia and the first openly gay chair of the DeKalb Democratic Party.