Mary Oliver – Richard Williams Poetry

From my Poetry Bookshelf – Mary Oliver

By Richard | January 31, 2021 by Richard

Mary Oliver is a fairly obvious choice for this weekly series of posts about books that I own. If you are a regular reader of this blog (both of you!) then you will know that last year I learnt and read one of her most famous poems, Wild Geese, for a Tongues & Grooves organised evening entitled Poems from the Heart. You can read about the event here. I also reprinted the poem in full,…

Poetry

Learning the Wild Geese

By Richard | January 26, 2020 by Richard

I’m not very good at memorising my poems, and am in awe of those poets and spoken word performers who can stand on stage and recite their work without having a paper prompt.. Despite having read some of mine 30+ times I remain unconvinced that my memory is good enough, and always have a safety net to hand. I am therefore beginning to regret my decision to be part of an event on March 1st…