Rating: 3/5

04/27/2020 - 04/27/2020

"The witchery of living is my whole conversation with you, my darlings."

"The poet compares human nature to the ocean from which we came."

Read this because John Fish mentioned reading it in a vlog. I am not disappointed at all, but I didn't vibe with a lot of the poems. Some were crazy great gems though, hence the three-star rating.


Synopsis

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. This timeless volume, arranged by Oliver herself, showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best. Within these pages, she provides us with an extraordinary and invaluable collection of her passionate, perceptive, and much-treasured observations of the natural world.