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And there is a vibrant reverence informing these poems: instead of "a strong wind" being "a cruel wind," it becomes "the kiss of the spirit." Gardens being her "Gethsemane," she brings her readers th.
Just as passion, Desire and longing are poetic themes explored again and again in the Poems of Mary Oliver, they live on in Hagen\'s work.
Hagen \'s first poem in Shall We Dance? she celebrates not only the natural world but a rare joy in being alive.
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