A review by christinereichard
American Primitive by Mary Oliver

adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

My new favorite Mary Oliver collection! American Primitive is rooted in returning to the earth and its resilient march onward through time, including birth and death. These poems are best read with your feet in the grass.

My long list of favorites (really just for later personal reference):

• "The Kitten"
• "The Bobcat"
• "Fall Song"
• "Cold Poem"
• "A Poem for the Blue Heron"
• "University Hospital, Boston"
• "Humpbacks"
• "A Meeting"
• "Little Sister Pond"
• "Blackberries"
• "Happiness"
• "Music"
• "Climbing the Chagrin River"
• "The Gardens" -- Perfect end to the collection.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Colonisation and Death