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    <body><![CDATA[Poetry is really hard for me.  I've written one pretty good one, I think, and I grew up with Robert Frost, but generally I don't get enough information with poetry for me to enjoy it.  Until I ran across Mary Oliver.  Her poems are amazing........ images I can totally relate to -  totally transcende...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39662278">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Through this book, I have fallen in love with the poetry of Mary Oliver. A nature poet, Oliver has a tone and voice that both quiets and disquiets; both resonates and stills. She writes, &quot;I tell you this/to break your heart,/by which I mean only/that it break open and never close again/to the r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59285079">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a gift from Noor... I devoured most of this book on the subway on the way to see the Georgia O'Keefe exhibit at the Whitney. I couldn't imagine a better prelude to O'Keefe...<br/>sheer beauty, a love of nature and compassion for all living beings radiates throughout this book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection is one I return to again and again.  Even though Mary Oliver has published a lot since this book, and much of it has been very good, none of it has surpassed this one.  Everything is new and surprising.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read from this book when I want to read something beautiful, strong and well written- or to think about nature. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I gave this as a gift (to share) with my husband...we both love her work. I have only sampled a few pages.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful, lovely poems about interacting with the natural world and finding joy. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Winner of the 1992 National Book Award for Poetry<br/><br/>A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 1993<br/><br/>&quot;One of the astonishing aspects of [Oliver's] work is the consistency of tone over this long period. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets. . . .<br/>These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward.&quot;<br/>-Stephen Dobyns, The New York Times Book Review]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[what can i say?  i like her older poems better.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can never tire of Oliver. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[breath-taking and giving.  the Nature of the Earth entwined within our human selves, unraveled and somehow woven back together.  A must read, for the simplistic at heart and the wandering, wondering soul.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I took this book with me camping last week, and picked it up here and there, devouring the entire thing not once, but at least twice. Mary Oliver, your humanity shines through each one of these poems. Your respect for nature, for the past, for the families we create and those we are born into shines...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7587720">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite poem of hers is found in this book entitled &quot;Why I wake Early.&quot; When I have my own classroom next year (crossing fingers) I will open everyday by saying this poem. It talks about how she is thankful for the sun and how everyday she wakes up hopeful and happy. Wouldnt you want t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/868527">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oliver is a master at craft but sometimes she gets overly sentimental. It will be interesting to see how they eventually do a selected of all her work, as I think a selected has the potential to be an excellent book with the right editor. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[gentle poems invoking nature, and violent poems about love. i love the latter poems, and the former make me realize how little of nature i actually take part in. how removed from this earth i am, and how i wish to change that. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mary Oliver is brilliant. Literally nearly every poem in this book amazes me - its as if she is living my life and yet expressing it more beautifully than I could ever think to.<br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful poems that exactly capture how I feel about nature. Also,her work is very accessible, so even for a non-poet like me they are wonderful.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[More excellent nature poetry from Mary Oliver. This didn't consistently blow me away the way House of Light did, but I am still in awe of Oliver's talent.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mary Oliver's words sing from the page. She can make you cry and love everything you never really noticed for all the best reasons.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent overview, along with Volume 1, of this great living poet, whose latest book, Red Bird, recently appeared.]]></body>
    
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