Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays

Mary Oliver's "Owls and Other Fantasies" is a must-read collection of 26 nature poems and prose writings that will transport you to the beauty and wonder of the natural world.

With hawks, hummingbirds, herons, kingfishers, catbirds, crows, swans, swallows, and more, this book is a treasure trove of poetry and essays that will leave you in awe of the world around us.

Mary Oliver's unique gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations, as described by Stanley Kunitz.

The book features two beautifully crafted essays, "Owls" selected for the Best American Essays series, and "Bird," a new essay that will surely take its place among the classics of the genre.

Don't miss out on this essential reading for anyone who values poetry and essays, or for those who simply love birds.

Let Mary Oliver be your guide to the good life, as she so eloquently puts it: "You do not have to be good./ You do not have to walk on your knees/ for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting/ You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves."