This detailed literature summary also contains Bibliography on Wild Geese by Mary Oliver. Wild Geese, which first appeared in Mary Oliver's Dream Work, published in 1986, is one of the poet's most anthologized poems. It is also one of her most arresting. In it, she explores the connection between the human mind, nature in general, and wild geese in particular. Oliver is well noted for her poetry of the natural world, and she often relates animals and varieties of plant life to the human condition.