Vice President Joe Biden reads “Wild Geese”

Vice President Joe Biden read Mary Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese” during the 9/11 remembrance at Ground Zero on September 11, 2009. Watch it here.

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“Mary Oliver moves by instinct, faith, and determination. She is among our finest poets, and still growing.”

—Alicia Ostriker, The Nation

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