"It’s a poem that becomes like an emblem poem for people."
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LGBT peoplePulitzer Prize winnersPeople from Cleveland20th-century poets from the United StatesNational Book Award winners
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Naomi Shihab Nye about the poem "Wild Geese" Interview with On Being (2016)
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Mary Oliver
Mary Jane Oliver (10 September 1935 – 17 January 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
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