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 enlarge | Author: Mary Oliver
Publisher: Beacon Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 24412
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 178
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 080706887X
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780807068878
ASIN: 080706887X
Publication Date: April 15, 2007
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 Too much of a good thing.... January 9, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I read Mary Oliver's new book with much anticipation but was disappointed. It is for me too much of the same throughout. The old poems she included are still the best. Where is the fire?
She Explores The Natural World In Beautiful Words! December 16, 2005
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Mary Oliver's poems are masterful creations that resonate in my mind and heart each time I read them. Her language is soulful; her imagery brillant. She is a master craftsman who builds each poem precisely.
Her poems talk of so many things in the natural world; she distills each to its barest essence and allows us the enjoyment of sharing it; I always feel as though she invites me to come along to discover these sacred sights and insights found in nature.
The poems in this collection explore and reveal the essence of fireflies, moss, the stars, the toad, the owl, Daisies, beans, the cricket, the Black Bear, the seasons, Blackwater (a place), the Soul and many other creatures and their habitats.
She is a sublime poet of the natural world and this collection is superb!
I recommend it to anyone!
Guidance for a good life. November 20, 2005
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I tell my life coaching clients that even one of these poems makes for an loving guide as to how to live your life. Her poem, Mindful, eloquently points the way to a life of joy and fullness for anyone. Yes!
Poetry from a Superb Crafter of Words March 25, 2005
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
My favorite book of poetry, winner of the 1992 Nat'l book for Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize. Mary creates beautiful imagery with phrases like:"This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready to break my heart - as the sun rises, as the sun strokes them with his old, buttery fingers..." Terrific inspiration for journaling!!!
Add my name to the list September 28, 2003
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I've wanted to write a review of this book for a long time, but I've always resisted. After all, I thought, what can I add to what so many people have said about Mary Oliver and her wonderful poems? Well, as it turns out, there is something. No one, of all the readers who have written in, has singled out my favorite poem. I won't say it's better than anyone else's favorite; we all have our own special pathways to the heart, and different poems reach different people. But I've carried a clipping of it with me for years, since it appeared in an earlier collection, and I'm thrilled to see again in this new one. If only one person decides to read this book on the basis of this poem, it will be worth it for me. The poem is called "Late Spring Evening": What can we say to these junebugs
on the rebound from the screens we raise
and swooning heavily to the porch floor?
Do we dare ask them their reasons
when we know they'll never ask ours?
Let's be content to guess, but not insist,
it's something to do with porchlights. Unconsciousness
must be a consolation to them, batted by the cat,
but should we be consoled
by the unsought blessing of their presence?
Fly from the light, save yourselves, we'll tell them,
grateful they'll never heed us.
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