A review by dhiyanah
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

This had been on my wishlist for years! Mary Oliver's poetry arrived in my life in letters from friends and passersby, as gifts and beautiful beacons of redirection - always towards the magnificence of nature. Her poetry is a map and statement for how living as truthfully as we can forges in us the skill of receiving nourishment from every nuanced turning of the living world. When I found this at a bookshop last year, I knew it was ready for me - or that I was ready for it. What timing. I rested with this book over the span of months, in between deep waves of grief and longing, receiving the words - along with the memories and images they inspire - as a wonder-filled, leisurely, and sensorially delightful space to exhale.