![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ) broaden the focus to insect life, to weather and the seasons ("I have talked with the faint clouds in the sky") and to other parts of the U.S. ![]() One of the 42 new poems watches ravens on a "morning of green tenderness and/ rain" others describe a mockingbird, a white heron, an obedient dog, tiger lilies, deer, terns, blueberry fields on Cape Cod (where Oliver lives) and a "Mountain Lion on East Hill Road," glimpsed just "once, years ago." Poems reprinted from six earlier books (beginning with 1994's White Pine , this big and very quotable collection offers more of what Oliver's fans revere: optimistic, clear and lyrical explorations of varying ecosystems, (especially the birds, mammals, ponds and forests of the northeastern U.S.) mingled with rapt self-questioning, consolation and spiritual claims some might call prayers. 'Do you love this world' she interrupts a poem about peonies to ask the reader. This seller consistently earned 5-star reviews, shipped on time. Following by 13 years her National Book Award–winning New and Selected Volume One Mary Oliver's perceptive, brilliantly crafted poems about the natural landscape and the fundamental questions of life and death have won high praise from critics and readers alike. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver 0399563261 Book Cover. New and Selected Poems: Volume One by Mary Oliver (Signed, Hardcover, 6th Print). ![]()
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