House of Light

I love Mary Oliver's poetry -- her clear, gentle voice and her wonderful appreciation for nature in her poetry, is something I so deeply respond to.

Note: Some of the poetry in this collection appears in other Mary Oliver poetry collections as well. ( )

This is the first book I have read by Mary Oliver and I found this to be quite enjoyable. Her poems are nature based. She has a deep sense of her surroundings and environment. She is in tune with wildlife especially birds and the laws of nature. SHe weaves her experiences into verse using the minimum but the exact words needed. I would compare her poems in some respect to Loren Eisley who writes nature based poetry. I look forward to readingmore of her work. ( )

http://redhibiscus05.blogspot.com/2006/09/mary-oliver-challenge-of-simplicity.ht... ( )