Tag: New England

Wild Geese

December 18, 2019

By Mary Oliver Her contemplative poetry often focused on the quiet, everyday occurrences of the natural world, from bears to streams to hummingbirds. In this poem, nature takes on an almost chapel-like quality as a place to reflect, feel love, and connect with something larger than ones-self. You do not have to be good.You do … More Wild Geese

See Now and Then

December 17, 2019

Jamaica Kincaid, a novel An Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, and gardener. Jamaica Kincaid’s writing often asks questions about identity, home, colonialism, racism, class, and coming-of-age. In See Now and Then Kincaid write about a mixed-race couple in New England, and all the many layers of memory, musings, and knowings that happen between people. The writing itself … More See Now and Then