When I am Among the Trees - Mary Oliver

When I am Among the Trees
Mary Jane Oliver (10th September, 1935 - 17th January, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
'When I am Among the Trees' was published in Thirst in 2006.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:14 Images and reading (with optional subtitles)
01:52 Images, reading and text
03:31 Reading and text

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Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:14 Images and reading (with optional subtitles) 01:52 Images, reading and text 03:31 Reading and text

[@peasinourthyme5722]

Beautiful poem that speaks to my own thoughts and experience. Well read!

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[@brandidahari9813]

This poem showed up in my feed and I’ve listened to it several times and wrote it in my journal. Your voice is beautiful and the poem speaks right to my soul. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@forreadingoutloud]

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[@joanhenderson3477]

This is read beautifully and sensitively. Arresting. Thank you.

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[@brianSalem541]

Reminds me of Walden. Thoreau and Mary Oliver share a love of nature.

[@humanpersonne]

Beautifully read. Subscribed.

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[@user-bf3pc2qd9s]

100% what I feel walking in the woodlands. Anyone want a good book about trees, try The Overstory by Richard Powers...

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Thank you for your recommendation.

[@jamiecanfield1624]

A guy is reading the poem? Surely we have recordings of Mary Oliver herself reading her poetry. Or at least another woman. It's still rare enough that we acknowledge a female poet among the historical mass of venerated men, not just poetry but in every field. ☹️

[@forreadingoutloud]

Thank you for taking the time to comment. The purpose of this channel is to allow me to read poetry that I enjoy and admire, irrespective of who wrote it. I could never read as well as Mary Oliver, but I love her poetry and hope I can be forgiven, even as a man, for sharing my interpretation and appreciation of her work.

[@peasinourthyme5722]

Would you prefer he only read male poets/authors? Because he is male? Should he not be allowed to give his voice to the poetry that flowed into the world through a womans mind and hand? I mean, he IS acknowledging her by reading her poetry here! Damned if you do, damned if you don´t... Had he had only male poets, you would not have liked that either; I dare say. He has the voice he has and should be allowed to give that voice to whatever words another human soul put together. Poetry doesn´t belong to the hand or the gender or social class or whatver, that it flowed from.

[@jamiecanfield1624]

​@@forreadingoutloud This video automatically popped up in my feed and I assumed it was poems read by the actual poets. I see now this is your channel with your readings. Thank you for explaining it to me!