Why I Wake Early: New Poems by Mary Oliver

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  • Pub. Date: April 2005
  • 71pp
  • Sales Rank: 28,543
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    • Pub. Date: April 2005
    • Publisher: Beacon
    • Format: Paperback, 71pp
    • Sales Rank: 28,543

    Synopsis

    “Mary Oliver continues to tutor us in attention, gratitude, and reverence in this new collection of forty-seven poems.”—Frederick and Mary Brussat, Spirituality and Health

    Praise for Owls and Other Fantasies:

    “Mary Oliver is beautiful and accurate in this book of poetry and prose about birds…all rendered with the precision of a line-drawing of a single feather that puts the entire wing into perspective.” —Orion

    Praise for Mary Oliver’s poetry:

    “These are life enhancing and redemptive poems that coax the sublime from the subliminal.” —Sally Connolly, Poetry

    “Mary Oliver’s poems are natural growths out of a loam of perception and feeling, and instinctive skill with language makes them seem effortless. Reading them is a sensual delight.” —May Swenson

    “The gift of Oliver's poetry is that she communicates the beauty she finds in the world and makes it unforgettable” —Miami Herald

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    Biography

    Mary Oliver is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. Her books include Red Bird; Our World; Thirst; Blue Iris; New and Selected Poems, Volume One; and New and Selected Poems, Volume Two. She has also published five books of prose, including Rules for the Dance and, most recently, Long Life. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

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    February 12, 2005: Mary Oliver looks; she sees everything in infinite yet minute detail. When we see a sunset, or a flower, we have many different thoughts and emotions in a barrage of human feeling; somehow Oliver encompasses all of this, this deep appreciation of the beauty of nature, with the sweep of a few short words. My favorite poem from this collection is 'Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does It End?'