Listen – are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?New and Selected Poems, Volume One
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Mary Oliver was an American poet known for her profound and lyrical work that often celebrated the natural world. She was a Pulitzer Prize winner and her poetry was widely acclaimed for its clarity, insight, and reverence for the interconnectedness of all living things.
1935–2019·lived 83 years
Listen – are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?New and Selected Poems, Volume One
To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born.
I acknowledge my feeling and gratitude for life by praising the world and whoever made all these things.
That’s all 5 quotes by Mary Oliver.