New and Selected Poems, Volume One (Paperback)

from evenlake

I'm not a big poetry reader, but this was recommended to me. Many of the poems spoke to me, and I am considering buying a copy of this book that I borrowed from the library.

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For me, poetry is like a kind of telepathy where the sender and recipient are both essential. The sender transmits the words, and the receiver, by being uniquely placed in the world and in time, completes their ever-changing meaning. Similar to other writings, but more so, poetry is like an ocean...

from electrascaife

Modern poetry (read: anything post-Donne) generally doesn't appeal to me, with a very few exceptions. I'd heard such wonderful things about Oliver's work, though, that I thought I'd better give her a try, but I'm afraid she doesn't quite make it into those very few exceptions for me. Her style di...

from electrascaife

Modern poetry (read: anything post-Donne) generally doesn't appeal to me, with a very few exceptions. I'd heard such wonderful things about Oliver's work, though, that I thought I'd better give her a try, but I'm afraid she doesn't quite make it into those very few exceptions for me. Her style di...

from kaylaraeintheway

Mary Oliver is one of my favorite poets, and this collection of many of her greatest poems is like a master class in capturing the natural world in words. There's nothing like laying in the grass or sitting at the top of a mountain and reading about her encounters with birds, trees, life, and dea...