Devotions

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This is not a cerebral concept, it is a felt sense in the body and Oliver’s poetry is drenched in this but without fanfare, without fluff and spin. No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love, from Oliver's exuberant dog poems to selections from the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Primitive, and Dream Work, one of her exceptional collections. It's as if the poet herself has sidled beside the reader and pointed us to the poems she considers most worthy of deep consideration. it was so interesting to see which poems mary oliver picked out as her favorites, or as what she thought encompassed her collective works.

Devotions by Mary Oliver: 9780399563263 | PenguinRandomHouse

I think Oliver would have been a great nature essayist, as the writing is mini-essays rather than poems. From Dog Songs (2013) is a heartwarming collection of poems that will resonate with readers who love dogs. Apparently it was wild enough, a few decades ago, that people who said they saw a bear were almost believed. For inquiries, regarding publishing, foreign rights, and media representation, please contact Charlotte Sheedy. If I'm reading a solid block of text I want it to scan, have sibilance; otherwise it's prose and in this case, not particularly good prose.you can find anything in here: on love, on nature, on time, on life, on sadness, on grief - anything and everything. This poem proves to be a turning point, however, and the poems that follow it, from earlier in Oliver’s career, reveal more personal details about her life. Her collections are also highly decorated, winning the Pulitzer Prize for American Primitive as well as the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems While at the St. From A Thousand Mornings (2012) is a meditative ensemble of ten poems whose dominant subject is water, be it the sea or the River Ganges.

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There is a lovely poem titled To Begin With, The Sweet Grass, in which she considered the ’the witchery of living' and bid us to treasure life, to give both ourselves and others a chance, to evolve and be more than ourselves.

I find myself greatly respecting her, but I don’t see her as someone whose work I’ll be dipping back into with any frequency.