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emmah_reads's review against another edition
4.75
Personal highlights:
- Fall Song
- First snow
- Rain in Ohio
- May
- Honey at the Table
- In Blackwater Woods
- Fall Song
- First snow
- Rain in Ohio
- May
- Honey at the Table
- In Blackwater Woods
cnnr876's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
4.0
really enjoyable poetry collection! very evocative language used to describe and depict the various states of nature and her / our relation to them. quite truly american primitive. favorites were "mushrooms", "vultures", "the fish", and "spring". learned of mary oliver from hanif's talk at city arts and lectures. will likely dive deeper into her work.
nostalgicplant's review
inspiring
reflective
4.0
Mary Oliver makes me want to be alive every time I read her until I remember I work in an office and live in a concrete jungle. I MUST GO OUTSIDE!
skudiklier's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Good god that was incredible. Mary Oliver is truly one of the best poets of all time. I feel so lucky to read her work.
Some notes I took while reading:
i need to reread this one day and take more time with it. i need to read a mary oliver poem every morning while watching the sunrise
nothing fills me with life like mary oliver poetry. with appreciation and wonder and energy and awe. with the motivation to spend my time wisely and to do whatever makes me feel alive
god any time mary oliver says "listen" i sit the FUCK down and listen!!!!!
Some notes I took while reading:
i need to reread this one day and take more time with it. i need to read a mary oliver poem every morning while watching the sunrise
nothing fills me with life like mary oliver poetry. with appreciation and wonder and energy and awe. with the motivation to spend my time wisely and to do whatever makes me feel alive
god any time mary oliver says "listen" i sit the FUCK down and listen!!!!!
htoo's review
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
This collection of poems reminds me of those David Attenborough documentaries about nature. I read it all in one sitting, and honestly, it was a vibe. Mary Oliver writes mainly about nature and themes that are universal to the human experience. I just wished we had gotten more poems like Tecumseh, which is more nuance.