Devotions : The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver (Paperback)

from heggiep

I'm vaguely aware that many of the Guardians of Poesy aren't fans of Oliver but I enjoyed this collection. Mostly nature poems, I read a few a day and found them soothing and, at the same time, insightful.

from m.belljackson

I bought DEVOTIONS for my daughter, but found too much death and animal violence. So much 'I, I, I" and too many depressing images. And yet, I've found many poems in between all that to copy out and save...

from CurrerBell

We covered Mary Oliver in an adult Sunday school session in honor of her death. All I knew of her was the name, and so I bought this particular volume since it's a "best of" compilation with the selections chosen by Oliver herself. While I'm not crazy about Oliver (after a while there's a certain...

from steve02476

I'm not a big poetry reader, but I like to read it sometimes. I liked this collection a lot, especially the attention she pays to animals and the outdoors in general. It was interesting that the poems in this book spanning her career were printed in reverse chronological order, so it felt like I ...

from jphamilton

After I finished this hefty collection of the selected poems of Mary Oliver, I find my opinion of her work remains the same. Certainly, she writes impressively about the natural world, but her writings are far too religious for my mind. As an atheist of at least five decades, her constant mention...