Reviews

Blue Horses: Poems by Mary Oliver

gleigh96's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.5

lovelyliv's review

5.0

I am now a mary oliver fan!!
my favorites - the wasp, such silence and the fourth sign of the zodiac

imogenrose97's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

I've challenged myself to read a book of poetry a month and it has so far been so fullfilling. It's so interesting to explore poetry in different styles and actually try to find pieces I enjoy. Mary Oliver has stolen my whole heart, as I'm sure she has many others. I had to start reading a second book so that I would slow down and get to savour each poem as they deserved. 
I'm struck by how gleefully Oliver writes the world around her, I've never felt so much joy come through nature writing as so often it's tied to climate change, which whole pressing is not always hopeful. I've already bought myself another collection of hers to read this year and I'm so excited to delve in.

readbyrach's review against another edition

3.0

Took me a while to get into, but a few poems did really strike me, or at least specific lines from some if not the whole poem.

“I think, just for the joy of it, I’ll fly.
I believe I could.”

deirdreo's review against another edition

hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.0

andotherworlds's review

4.0

4 // Mary Oliver is her own brand of antidepressants. We love her.

kimbermorgan's review

4.0

“I’ll just leave you with this.
I don’t care how many angels can
dance on the head of a pin. It’s
Enough to know that for some people
They exist, and that they dance.”

emmamd210's review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.75

dirtpit69's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective

4.0

jackstewart_1's review against another edition

5.0

mary oliver’s poetry is like a hug in written form