New and Selected Poems, Volume One
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Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems, Volume One. Since its initial appearance it has become one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the country. This collection features thirty poems published only in this volume as well as selections from the poet's first eight books. Mary Oliver's perceptive, brilliantly crafted poems about the natural landscape and the fundamental questions of life and death have won high praise from critics and readers alike. "Do you love this world?" she interrupts a poem about peonies to ask the reader. "Do you cherish your humble and silky life?" She makes us see the extraordinary in our everyday lives, how something as common as light can be "an invitation/to happiness,/and that happiness,/when it's done right,/is a kind of holiness,/palpable and redemptive." She illuminates how a near miss with an alligator can be the catalyst for seeing the world "as if for the second time/the way it really is." Oliver's passionate demonstrations of delight are powerful reminders of the bond between every individual, all living things, and the natural world. Review: This book has good quality poems - You will enjoy reading these poems.book and print quality is good.Mary oliver has a style of her own in every poems.you will start reading poems of other authors after reading this. Review: Five Stars - Excellent
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| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,014 Reviews |
A**Y
This book has good quality poems
You will enjoy reading these poems.book and print quality is good.Mary oliver has a style of her own in every poems.you will start reading poems of other authors after reading this.
J**Y
Five Stars
Excellent
P**R
Every poem is like a flower discovered and its scent lingers
This collection of the beloved American poet Mary Oliver is a treasure for poetry-lovers to own. Every poem is like a flower discovered and its scent lingers. Oliver makes even the daily commonplace events sound thrilling and enchanting. Her trysts with wild life are fascinating and leaves the reader wanting more. One can not help but compose sensory imaginations out of every verse adeptly crafted by the poet. This is a must read, a wonderful genre in poetry one must acquaint oneself with.
G**L
Amazing words
If you love poetry, she will be among your treasures. If you don't love poetry, she'll be among your treasures.
A**R
Loved
One of the best books
J**N
Not a book but a printed bunch of papers
Mary Oliver is a genius. You can be more or less close to her poetics, but she has surely “that little something”. My complaints are addressed to the edition. There is something called “publishing” and there is something called “printing”. This “book”, although the term is too generous for the case, belongs to the second category. I don’t know if I should read it or use it to fix a leaning piece of furniture. This should be warned by Amazon. I don’t have a printer myself but in case I had, I’d rather have printed some poems from the internet that buying this bunch of papers put together.
E**S
Good for school
Book came in perfect condition
M**S
The poet really speaks to us in a most original way, as a poet myself, I love her
such an excellent poet I have discovered, one of the best
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