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Why I Wake Early: New Poems

Why I Wake Early: New Poems
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Publisher: Beacon Press
Written By: Mary Oliver
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780807068793
ISBN: 0807068799
Label: Beacon Press
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 88
Publication Date: 2005-04-15
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date: 2005-04-15
Studio: Beacon Press
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Editorial Review:
“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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Summary: Mary Oliver - Naturalist and Poet
Comment: In her book "Why I Wake Early", Mary Oliver delivers a collection of poems that are deeply inspired by the natural world as a macrocosm that is eternally beautiful as it unfolds around us and delivers a munificently generous bounty that we so often take for granted. In her verse, Oliver speaks of the timelessness of our world that she is captivated by as it was born before man and will more than likely continue after his demise. In her poem "Bone", Oliver's description of the ocean's endless currents and tides that are endlessly "unfolding over and over / its time-ridiculing roar" suggests a sort of perpetual motion that is rhythmic and beautiful in its simplicity. Her description of the sun in "Why I Wake Early" the author describes a beneficent star that serves to warm and delight all of the earth's inhabitants; whether she believes they are deserving or not; "And the windows of, even, / the Miserable and the crotchety -," as a gift that must be appreciated by all creatures because it provides not only life, but the stuff of happiness.

Oliver's work appears to reflect her direct observation of the natural world around her and how each creature plays a role in its development as it unfolds. In "Song of Builders", Oliver sits on a hillside to contemplate God in the natural theatre of outdoors when she spots a single cricket as "it was mowing the grains of the hillside / this way and that / How great was its energy / how humble its effort." in a manner that seemed futile in terms of its diminutive size and furious effort when compared to the grass that it was trying to consume. From this observation, we find that our individual lives play an instrumental role in the construction of our world that revolves around a large sun in what sometimes appears to be a coldly indifferent universe. Oliver's triumph in verse can be found in her ability to reveal the beauty and majesty of the natural world by describing it in loving detail as it actually appears - not as she would like it to appear. Her expression is her craft and her honesty is her gift.

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Summary: Kindle issues
Comment: This is not a review of Mary Oliver's work, which is spectacular. I am writing about how this appeared in my Kindle. Some of the pieces appear in extremely small print and I cannot adjust it with the font feature. I have had this problem in almost every other book of poetry by Mary Oliver that I have tried. I suggest that you try a sample before purchasing a book by this author. Maybe it is not a universal problem, but you might like to check the fonts before you buy.
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Summary: Okay - check it out from the library
Comment: I found that I really enjoyed about three or four of the poems. Otherwise it just wasn't right for me.
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Summary: Simple Gems
Comment: Mary Oliver has taken the everyday, simple beauty in Nature (which we oftentimes take for granted) and wraps it in simple, lovely prose in this delicious little book.

To be savored again and again.... definitely.
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Summary: Spirituality in nature
Comment: When I read Mary Oliver's poems I feel like I'm walking with her in the early morning light. Her reverance for nature and appreciation of God's gifts to humankind speak to me.
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