inspirationpoetryPoetry Friday: The Uses of Sorrow | Mary OliverDenaOctober 7, 2011 The Uses of Sorrow | Mary Oliver (In my sleep I dreamed this poem) Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift. Related depressionfearhelp for dealing with changehopehow to deal wih changein blackwater woodsinspirationlossmary oliverpoempoetry