If you only ever bought one collection of Mary Oliver's poems, this should be it. And if you have others, you should own this one, too." Devotions" is an apt title. Due to the current climate of distressing politics, a sociopathic president, and world tragedies, even though I create programs for NPR, I keep the radio off first thing in the morning. Instead, I choose to start my day sitting outside with this book, a cup of a coffee, birdsong, and the company of my cat.
FROM THE BOOK OF TIME
I rose this morning early as usual, and went to my desk,
But it's spring.
and the thrush is in the woods,
somewhere in the twirled branches, and he is singing.
And now, so, I am standing by the open door.
And now I am stepping down onto the grass.
I an touching a few leaves,
I am noticing the way the yellow butterflies
move together, in a twinkling cloud, over the field.
And I am thinking: maybe just looking and listening
is the real work.
Maybe the world, without us
is the real poem.
--Mary Oliver
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I am a devoted Mary Oliver fan who own most of her books. I enjoyed the layout of this book, and enjoyed re-reading poems I know and love, re-reading ones I have read before but had forgotten, and especially loved finding poems I'd never read before. Would totally recommend this collection.
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