Everything you need to understand or teach Wild Geese (Poem).
"Wild Geese" is a lyric poem by American poet and prose writer Mary Oliver. Originally published in Oliver's 1986 collection Dream Work, "Wild Geese" deals with nature, belonging, and how to live a good life. In the poem, the speaker challenges the notion of perfectionism and naturalizes the reader's place in the world. Like much of Oliver's work, "Wild Geese" stands in the traditions of Romanticism and nature writing.