false 2282485 3 A new volume of poems by one of America's most loved and respected poets, including her first-ever cycle of love poems<BR><BR>"Red bird came all winter / firing up the landscape / as nothing else could." So begins Mary Oliver's twelfth book of poetry, and the image of that fiery bird stays with the reader, appearing in unexpected forms and guises until, in a postscript, he explains himself: "for truly the body needs / a song, a spirit, a soul. And no less, to make this work, / the soul has need of a body, / and I am both of the earth and I am of the inexplicable / beauty of heaven / where I fly so easily, so welcome, yes, / and this is why I have been sent, to teach this to your heart."<BR><BR>This collection of sixty-one new poems, the most ever in a single volume of Oliver's work, includes an entirely new direction in the poet's work: a cycle of eleven linked love poems—a dazzling achievement. As in all of Mary Oliver's work, the pages overflow with her keen observation of the natural world and her gratitude for its gifts, for the many people she has loved in her seventy years, as well as for her disobedient dog, Percy. But here, too, the poet's attention turns with ferocity to the degradation of the Earth and the denigration of the peoples of the world by those who love power. Red Bird is unquestionably Mary Oliver's most wide-ranging volume. 2288681 15 4 2008 Red Bird: Poems total:193|5:8|4:8|3:0|2:0|1:0| 193 850 290 41 4 7 false false Wed Mar 26 10:53:55 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 06:20:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 21:41:28 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 06:18:53 -0700 2008 Yeah,I'm yelling at you , reading the Sandra Brown! Hey!! Put down the James Patterson and get your hands on this!! It will rock your poetic world.


GO! While you are out, pick up a copy for me, so I don't "forget" to give this back to my friend.]]> 5 2 false false Sun Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 15:40:57 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 05:48:52 -0700 2008 To teach this to your heart.

What a beautiful variety of poetry. I am new to Mary Oliver and can't wait to get my hands on more of her writing. She expresses love, appreciation for nature, gratitude, and even disappointment with those who are po...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 06:33:10 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 15:05:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 19:57:09 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 20:00:58 -0700 2009 Thirst. It offers many of the same themes but...better. Reminds me of how I liked Donald Hall's Without, but felt the poems in his The Painted Bed were better poems. Maybe being too close to grief affects the work; the poems in Thirst are more awkward. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 11:08:23 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 11:12:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 12:42:03 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 12:45:46 -0700 2009 0 5 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 00:24:03 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 00:27:58 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 16:10:55 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 16:16:58 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 18:35:39 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 18:37:39 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 21:48:12 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 21:49:48 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 07:28:28 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 19:32:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 20 06:29:57 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 06:29:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 19 22:45:03 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 27 10:09:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 10 07:07:47 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 07:08:06 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 09:35:46 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 09:36:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 20 16:08:24 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 16:12:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 15:36:02 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 19:38:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 07:46:26 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 07:55:47 -0700 2008 I highly recommend rea...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 06 08:32:09 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 08:34:58 -0700 2008
Reading slowly and randomly, I came across "Percy (Nine)" on page 39, and I totally related to overthrow the 'exam...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2282485