by Mary Oliver
I've heard a great number of Mary Oliver's poems throughout my years in creative writing programs. I have never heard one I didn't not love. I was enthusiastic to finally read a complete volume of her work and I picked Why I Wake Early for no reason whatsoever. It was just the first to grab my atten...
Loved this. I think it’s taken my whole life to appreciate a book like this, poetry that is quiet and humble and confronts the spiritual and the unknowable without starting from a place of pain and negativity. Favorites include:Why I Wake Early: Watch, now, how I start the day / in happiness, in kin...
For me, not quite as moving as Evidence, but still worthy of the highest rating.
Another great collection by Mary Oliver!
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