Tag: mary oliver

A bouquet of yellow flowers tucked in the spine of am upright book

Unconstrained By Form: Three Poets Who Studied Nature Through Verse

March 31, 2024

Science rescued poetry for me. Verse had charmed me as a child. Dad often read kid-friendly poems aloud; I can still recite The Owl and the Pussycat and How Doth the Little Crocodile. Mom encouraged us to write haiku, limericks, and other forms as part of our homeschool education. My whole family loved Shel Silverstein’s … More Unconstrained By Form: Three Poets Who Studied Nature Through Verse

Franz Marc's 1913 painting "The Fate of the Animals", an expressionist work that depicts animals fleeing from an apocalyptic event.

The Fate of the Animals: The Art of Habitat Conservation

November 22, 2023

Red leaves, but no red cardinals. Blue sky, but no blue jays. “Maybe I shouldn’t have bothered packing my camera,” I grumbled to the autumn leaves overhead. Back in my hometown for a visit, I’d hoped to photograph favorite childhood birds, but some species seemed sparser than I remembered. New construction had further reduced their … More The Fate of the Animals: The Art of Habitat Conservation