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julian7's review
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
5.0
Mary Oliver, my beloved. <3 I can’t wait to keep reading and rereading her poems throughout my life. I know I will be coming back to this volume a lot.
naluju's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
Anthology of the beautiful work of Mary Oliver
kstanpadg's review
5.0
“don’t you imagine that swans know about as much as we do about the whole business?”
“let god and the world know you are grateful. that the gift has been given”
“is the tree as it rises delighted with its many branches?….most of the world says no no it’s not possible. i refuse to think such a conclusion. too terrible it would be, to be wrong”
“after excitement we are so restful. when the thumb of fear lifts, we are so alive”
"eternity is not later, or in some unfindable place" !!!
"is the soul solid, like iron? or is it tender and breakable....why should i have it, and not the anteater who loves her children?" !!!!
"should anyone be surprised if sometimes, when the white moon rises, women want to lash out with a cutting edge?"
one of my favorite poems was the kitten- it has the same spirit to me as the two headed calf one by laura gillian
“let god and the world know you are grateful. that the gift has been given”
“is the tree as it rises delighted with its many branches?….most of the world says no no it’s not possible. i refuse to think such a conclusion. too terrible it would be, to be wrong”
“after excitement we are so restful. when the thumb of fear lifts, we are so alive”
"eternity is not later, or in some unfindable place" !!!
"is the soul solid, like iron? or is it tender and breakable....why should i have it, and not the anteater who loves her children?" !!!!
"should anyone be surprised if sometimes, when the white moon rises, women want to lash out with a cutting edge?"
one of my favorite poems was the kitten- it has the same spirit to me as the two headed calf one by laura gillian
tarrowood's review
5.0
There were definitely stints of reading this that may have been “rushed,” but Oliver is such an easy poet to read. I love the way she tends to spell out exactly what she wants to say. She intermingles beauty and wonder so well. Big fan