andremthefoozle 's review for:

Dream Work by Mary Oliver

4.25

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

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Some true standout pieces and plenty of others that didn't resonate as much with me. I read through the bulk of this collection in four settings (needed to get it back to the library), but would have rather read it maybe much more slowly and deliberately, fewer poems at a time to let each have its own impact and moment.

Highlights:

• Dogfish
• Morning Poem
• Wild Geese
• The River
• The Turtle 
• 1945–1985: Poem for the Anniversary
• At Loxahatchie
• Coming Home
• The Sunflowers