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

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

3.5

Maybe not the best way to start reading Mary Oliver- this is a large book, with a very tight focus on nature and spiritual subjects. I think it was a great collection, and I appreciated the way it spanned her career of writing, but I think a single volume instead of selections from all of her volumes would have held my attention more. The choice to go backwards chronologically was interesting, but I found that I preferred her later work, and I think it should have been reversed.

That said, Mary Oliver was an amazing poet. I loved viewing the world through her attentive eye, being touched and surprised by the connections she weaves, and feeling her deep love for nature and humanity.  
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