“Tuning in to yourself is the first step toward tuning in to others.”Sharon Salzberg meditation teacher + practioner
Mary's 2009 collection was inspired by two lines by English Romantic poet William Wordsworth ~ “To me the meanest flower that blows can give / Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears." This quote is the conclusion of the opening poem ~ "To Begin With, the Sweet Grass." It sums up what the poet has learned from the "evidence" of her everyday encounters with nature.
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This Ohio-born author has been publishing collections for more than 5 decades + is widely acknowledged to be the US's best-selling poet. Her work has earned the top accolades in her field, including a Pulitzer Prize + a National Book Award. Today, the deeply private Mary lives with her beloved canine companions on the forested outskirts of Provincetown, Massachusetts ~ a setting that has been the inspiration for much of her later work.
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