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Published

February 07, 2015

I Happened to Be Standing

Written and read by Mary Oliver

Text is not available for this poem due to rights restrictions.

This poem was originally read in the On Being episode “Listening To the World.”

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Mary Oliver published over 25 books of poetry and prose, including Dream Work, A Thousand Mornings, and A Poetry Handbook. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984 for her book American Primitive. Her final work, Devotions, is a collection of poetry from her more than 50-year career, curated by the poet herself. She died in 2019.

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I Happened to Be Standing

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