Swan: Poems and Prose Poems
“Joy is not made to be a crumb,” writes Mary Oliver, and certainly joy abounds in her new book of poetry and prose poems. Swan, her twentieth volume, shows us that, though we may be “made out of the dust of stars,” we are of the world she captures here so vividly. Swan is Oliver’s tribute to “the...
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“Joy is not made to be a crumb,” writes Mary Oliver, and certainly joy abounds in her new book of poetry and prose poems. Swan, her twentieth volume, shows us that, though we may be “made out of the dust of stars,” we are of the world she captures here so vividly. Swan is Oliver’s tribute to “the mortal way” of desiring and living in the world, to which the poet is renowned for having always been “totally loyal.”
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780807069141 (0807069140)
Publish date: March 27th 2012
Publisher: Beacon Press
Pages no: 80
Edition language: English
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleWow, what a beautiful collection of poems. I picked this up on a whim from the Recently Returned cart at the library. I've been trying to read more poetry lately and was drawn in my the simple title and lovely cover art. Then I started reading it. Oh m...
Too ernest, and full of cliches.
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