Oliver published her first poetry collection in 1963, and she taught at several universities.
Oliver was born in the Cleveland suburbs, and she later revealed she was sexually abused as a child. She formed a connection with the family of renowned poet Edna St. Vincent Millay before studying at (but not graduating from) Ohio State University and Vassar College. Oliver published her first poetry collection in 1963, and she taught at several universities. Her best-known works include “Wild Geese,” “Morning poem,” “When death comes?” and “In Blackwater Woods.” You can read Mary Oliver’s work in the books Instructions for Living, Dream Work and Devotions, available from publisher Penguin Random House.