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Poetic Inspiration (that I didn’t write)

“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination…” Recently deceased and magically transcendent with simple language, Mary Oliver wrote the gift of the poem below in 1986: Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesFor a hundred […]

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Poetic Inspiration (that I didn’t write)

As an English major, I was exposed to a lot of poetry in school. This was not one of the poems in the canon, but it struck me the moment I read it and I often think about its opening lines as I consider life and choices. I hope it inspires you as much as […]

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