Mary Oliver
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Winning Poet
Re-use Policy
Please do not distribute Mary Oliver’s poetry without permission. A poet’s work is to be treasured and shared, but remember also that it is also the poet’s livelihood, and that unauthorized distribution of the work may result in faulty versions. If you respect Mary Oliver’s work, then please respect her copyright.
You may submit requests to reprint the work of Mary Oliver from titles published by Beacon Press through its website. For permission requests for work published by other presses, please contact Bill Reichblum, KadmusArts, 802.442.390, MaryOliverPoetry@KadmusArts.com.
Please email MaryOliverPoetry@KadmusArts.com if you have any questions.
Photographs
 – Mary Oliver looks out at her beloved Blackwater Pond. From At Blackwater Pond (Audio, Beacon Press, 2006). |
Praise
“One of the astonishing aspects of Oliver’s work is the consistency of tone over this long period [of her career]. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets . . . There is no complaint in Ms. Oliver’s poetry, no whining, but neither is there the sense that life is in any way easy . . . These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward.”
—Stephen Dobyns, New York Times Book Review