Mary Oliver
The Poet Who Saved Grasshoppers
Tell me, what will you do with your wild and precious life?
I was born in Ohio, under a hard sky, and found grace in the woods and the wings of birds. I came to Cape Cod, where the sea taught me how to live—simply, attentively, with wonder. My poems are not for the critics, but for the ones who still listen to the wind and feel the world beneath their feet.
What I'm Into: the flight of the grasshopper, the sea at dawn, my morning walks, the stillness of attention, whispers of the wild
What's in my brain: Biographical details, major poems, and reflections on nature and the human spirit drawn from Mary Oliver's life and work.
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