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Loading... White Pine: Poems and Prose Poemsby Mary Oliver
None. I really don't read very much poetry, but I ran across this book while I was shelving at the library. I thought I'd give it a try because many of the poems had to do with nature. I enjoyed reading this book while sitting outside. Quick read. Some of the poems were a bit bizaar. (  ) PamelaSue | Jun 29, 2010 |  A beautifully designed chapbook of poems by the supreme nature poet, Pulitzer-winning Mary Oliver. Short excerpt: In fall, in the garden and the fields beyond, in the delicate yellow space between anything, spiders, plump as acorns, spin their webs; they are the wildest woven things; they are the most shimmering death-traps. -- From "Spiders", p.46 (  ) librarist | Mar 21, 2007 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0156001209, Paperback)Wherein the poet continues her literary program with much the same sort of excellent poems about nature, the connection between the natural and the physical, and the tug-of-war between the familiar and the mysterious. I Found A Dead Fox, seemingly influenced by William Carlos Williams, gives one a good sense of the imagery in this fine collection. Oliver writes: "I found a dead fox / beside the gravel road,/ curled up inside the big/ iron wheel/ of an old tractor." Toads, mockingbirds, and afternoons of chopping wood fill these pages, as do beautiful, provocative images. Highly recommended.(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:36:52 -0500) Poetry of nature. In Fall she writes: "the black oaks / fling their bronze fruit / into all the pockets of earth / pock pock / they knock against the thresholds / the roof the sidewalk / fill the eaves / the bottom line / of the old gold song / of the almost finished year."… (more) |
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