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Red Bird by Mary Oliver

annemariewellswriter's review

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4.0

I loved these poems but why must there always be god and lord in poems? Where are the atheist/agnostic poets?

Favorite lines:
Always I was the bird
That flew off the branches.
Now

I am the cat
With feathers
Under its tongue.

caramels's review against another edition

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5.0

“Why are we made the way we are made, that to love
    is to want?”


asetlx's review

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emotional reflective

4.5

freddievonfred's review

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inspiring mysterious slow-paced

4.0

iconoclastica's review

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

annebennett1957's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved this book, like all of Mary Oliver's books. In fact, I have read so many I was surprised that I hadn't run into this one before and was shocked to find it full of poems I hadn't read before. She is so wise and her verses send me out into the world with new eyes.

"Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it."

jessthanthree's review

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emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.0


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book_dragon_99's review

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emotional hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

This is a lovely collection that shares so much reflection and love and thought. One of my favorite Mary Oliver books! 

wickgood's review

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

cucupaloma19's review

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inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.25