Devotions: the selected poems of Mary Oliver
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New York : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
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xx, 455 pages ; 22 cm
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"Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Identified as "far and away, this country's best selling poet" by Dwight Garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years. Carefully curated, these 200 plus poems feature Oliver's work from her very first book of poetry, No Voyage and Other Poems, published in 1963 at the age of 28, through her most recent collection, Felicity, published in 2015"--
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0399563261, 9780399563263
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Includes bibliographical references and index of titles and first lines.
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"Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Identified as "far and away, this country's best selling poet" by Dwight Garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years. Carefully curated, these 200 plus poems feature Oliver's work from her very first book of poetry, No Voyage and Other Poems, published in 1963 at the age of 28, through her most recent collection, Felicity, published in 2015"--,Provided by publisher.
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Oliver, M. (2020). Devotions: the selected poems of Mary Oliver. New York, Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019. 2020. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver. New York, Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver. New York, Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Oliver, Mary. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver. New York, Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t From Felicity --|t I wake close to morning --|t This morning --|t World I live in --|t Whistling swans --|t Storage --|t For Tom Shaw S.S.J.E.|r (1945-2014) --|t I know someone --|t That little beast --|t Pond --|t I have just said --|t Gift --|t From blue horses --|t After reading Lucretius, I go to the pond --|t I don't want to be demure or respectable --|t Stebbin's gulch --|t Franz Marc's blue horses --|t On meditating, sort of --|t Loneliness --|t Do stones feel? --|t Drifting --|t Blueberries --|t Vulture's wings --|t What gorgeous thing --|t From dog songs --|t Storm --|t Percy (one) --|t Little dog's rhapsody in the night|r (Percy three) --|t Percy (nine) --|t Benjamin, who came from who knows where --|t Dog has run off again --|t Bazougey --|t Her grave --|t Poetry teacher --|t First time Percy came back --|t From a thousand mornings --|t I go down to the shore --|t I happened to be standing --|t Three things to remember --|t Lines written in the days of growing darkness --|t An old story --|t Instant --|t Tides --|t Poet compares human nature to the ocean from which we came --|t Life story --|t Varanasi --|t From swan --|t I worried --|t I own a house --|t Don't hesitate --|t Swan --|t Passing the unworked field --|t How I go to the woods --|t On the beach --|t From evidence --|t Violets --|t We shake with joy --|t It was early --|t With thanks to the field sparrow, whose voice is so delicate and humble --|t A lesson from James Wright --|t Almost a conversation --|t To begin with, the sweet grass --|t Evidence --|t Prayer --|t Mysteries, yes --|t At the river Clarion --|t From the Truro bear and other adventures --|t Other kingdoms --|t Gift --|t Coyote in the dark, coyotes remembered --|t From red bird --|t Night herons --|t Mornings at Blackwater --|t Orchard --|t Sometimes --|t invitation --|t From this river, when I was a child, I used to drink --|t We should be well prepared --|t Meadowlark sings and I greet him in return --|t Of the empire --|t Red --|t Night and the river --|t Self-portrait --|t With the blackest of Inks --|t From thirst --|t When I am among the trees --|t When the roses speak, I pay attention --|t Six recognitions of the Lord --|t Gethsemane --|t Poet thinks about the donkey --|t Praying --|t Doesn't every poet write a poem about unrequited love? --|t On thy wondrous works I will meditate|r (Psalm 145) --|t Chat --|t Thirst --|t From new and selected poems: volume two --|t Hum --|t Lead --|t Oxygen --|t White heron rises over Blackwater --|t Honey Locust --|t Song for autumn --|t Fireflies --|t Poet with his face in his hands --|t Wild, wild --|t North country --|t Terns |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t From blue iris --|t Just lying on the grass at Blackwater --|t Sea leaves --|t Morning at Blackwater --|t How would you live then? --|t How the grass and the flowers came to exist, a god-tale --|t From why I wake early --|t Why I wake early --|t Spring at Blackwater: I go through the lessons already learned --|t Mindful --|t Lingering in happiness --|t Daisies --|t Goldenrod, late fall --|t Old poets of China --|t Logos --|t Snow geese --|t At black river --|t Beans --|t Arrowhead --|t Where does the temple begin, where does it end? --|t From long life --|t Just as the calendar began to say summer --|t Can you imagine? --|t Softest of mornings --|t Carrying the snake to the garden --|t From owls and other fantasies --|t Dipper --|t Spring --|t While I am writing a poem to celebrate summer, the meadowlark begins to sing --|t Catbird --|t Backyard --|t From what do we know? --|t Summer poem --|t Loon --|t Winter at Herring Cove --|t Mink --|t Blue iris --|t You are standing at the edge of the woods --|t Roses --|t Stones --|t One hundred white-sided dolphins on a summer day --|t From the leaf and the cloud --|t Flare --|t From the book of time --|t From west wind --|t Have you tried to enter the long black branches --|t Seven white butterflies --|t At round pond --|t Black oaks --|t Am I not among the early risers --|t Fox --|t From the poem "West Wind" --|t From white pine --|t May --|t Yes! No! --|t In Pobiddy, Georgia --|t Porcupine --|t Wrens --|t Mockingbirds --|t I found a dead fox --|t Morning glories --|t August --|t Toad --|t I looked up --|t Sea mouse --|t From new and selected poems: volume one --|t Sun --|t Goldenrod --|t When death comes --|t Whelks --|t Goldfinches --|t Poppies --|t Water snake --|t White flowers --|t Peonies --|t Egret --|t Rice --|t Rain --|t Picking blueberries, Austerlitz, New York, 1957 --|t October --|t From house of light --|t Some questions you might ask --|t Buddha's last instruction --|t Summer day --|t Spring --|t Little owl who lives in the orchard --|t Kookaburras --|t Roses, late summer --|t White owl flies into and out of the field --|t Singapore --|t Hermit crab --|t Kingfisher --|t Swan --|t Turtle --|t Loon on Oak-Head pond --|t Five A.M. in the pinewoods --|t Some herons --|t From dream work --|t One or two things --|t Morning poem --|t Wild geese --|t Shadows --|t Journey --|t Poem --|t Two kinds of deliverance --|t Black snakes --|t 1945-1985: poem for the anniversary --|t Sunflowers --|t From American primitive --|t August --|t Kitten --|t Moles --|t Clapp's pond --|t First snow --|t Ghosts --|t Skunk cabbage --|t Snakes --|t White night --|t Fish --|t Humpbacks --|t A meeting --|t Roses --|t Blackberries --|t Tecumseh --|t In Blackwater woods |
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t From three rivers poetry journal and "three poems for James Wright" --|t At Blackwater Pond --|t Rabbit --|t Three poems for James Wright --|t From twelve moons --|t Sleeping in the forest --|t Snakes in winter --|t Music lessons --|t Entering the kingdom --|t Night traveler --|t Beaver moon-the suicide of a friend --|t Last days --|t Black snake --|t Truro bear --|t Mussels --|t Snow moon-black bear gives birth --|t Strawberry moon --|t Pink moon-the pond --|t Aunt leaf --|t Farm country --|t Lamps --|t From the river Styx, Ohio --|t Learning about the Indians --|t Going to Walden --|t Night flight --|t From no voyage and other poems --|t No voyage --|t Jack --|t Beyond the snow belt --|t Swimming lesson --|t On winter's margin --|t Return --|t Morning in a new land. |
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