Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd ISBN: 9781852248475 Dimensions: 216 x 153 mm You may also be interested in. Exploring the evidence presented to us daily by the natural world, Oliver offers poems of arresting beauty and insight, inspired by Wordsworth's lines: 'To me the meanest flower that blows can give / Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.' Never shy of letting the power of an image lie in unadorned language, Oliver's work here reflects on the power of love and the great gifts of the natural world. At the River Clarion Mary Oliver On JanuBy Renee Yann, RSM In Poetry, spirituality 1. The New York Times recently acknowledged Mary Oliver as far and away, this country’s best-selling poet. In her latest collection, 'Evidence', Mary Oliver delves even deeper than she has in the past into the mysteries of life, love and death. The quality of the poems of Evidence, in particular poems such as At the River Clarion, demonstrates why Mary Oliver is one of the very best known poets writing in the United States. I wasnt aware that so many of Mary Olivers poems were about death. Her extraordinary poetry was nourished by her intimate. This article originally appeared on Outside.

Her extraordinary poetry is nourished by her intimate knowledge and minute daily observation of the New England coast, its woods and ponds, its birds and animals, plants and trees. The winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, she lived for many years on Cape Cod. The winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, she has lived for many years on Cape Cod. Her luminous poetry celebrates nature and beauty, love and the spirit, silence and wonder, extending the visionary American tradition of Whitman, Emerson, Frost and Emily Dickinson.

Mary Oliver is one of America's best-loved poets.

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