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monsterheaven's review
fast-paced
5.0
i love love love the poems in this book i would definitely reread these over and over again. i like that nature is used throughout the book it’s probably a huge factor in why i enjoyed reading this.
moonlight_reader's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
Her poetry is truly exquisite. there is this calm peaceful vibe in what she writes and how beautifully and intricately she writes and captures the joy in the mundane; it almost feels as though i am laying on grass, surrounded by the most beautiful flowers and there i am just existing and happy in a sort of poignant way. Mary Oliver's work is perfect for people who enjoy finding beauty in smallest of things.
seasized's review
4.0
so many poems i didn’t get but the ones i did were so *chef’s kiss*.. i was thinking of leaving this unstared but the last poem (“Roses, Late Summer) changed my mind yet again. there are 10+ poems in here i hope to be returning to often, that’s worth four stars no? so. here.
daiinty's review against another edition
5.0
“Understand from the first this certainty. Butterflies don’t write books, neither do lilies or violets. Which doesn’t mean they don’t know, in their own way, what they are. That they don’t know they are alive—that they don’t feel, that action upon which all consciousness sits, lightly or heavily. Humility is the prize of the leaf-world. Vainglory is the bane of us, the humans.”
such a great read for a sunny spring afternoon. i’m definitely going to be on the lookout for more of mary oliver’s poetry.
such a great read for a sunny spring afternoon. i’m definitely going to be on the lookout for more of mary oliver’s poetry.