The New York Times Collects Reader Tributes to Mary Oliver

The New York Times has collected passages from the late Mary Oliver's work, contributed by readers and fans who have been posting tributes. "Readers wrote of their appreciation for the hallmarks of Oliver’s work: reverence for the natural world and her frank, but comforting, descriptions of mourning," they write. The first selection:

“When Death Comes”

When it’s over, I want to say all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

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