Why I Wake Early New Poems

by Oliver, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780807068762
• ISBN10: 0807068764
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-15
• Publisher: Beacon Press

Summary

This collection presents 42 new poems, all written within the last two years, imbued with the extraordinary perceptions of a poet at the height of her power.

Author Biography

Mary Oliver is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. Her books include Red Bird; Our World; Thirst; Blue Iris; New and Selected Poems, Volume One; and New and Selected Poems, Volume Two. She has also published five books of prose, including Rules for the Dance and, most recently, Long Life. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Why I Wake Early	p. 3
Bone	p. 4
Freshen the Flowers, She Said	p. 7
Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does It End?	p. 8
Beans	p. 10
The Arrowhead	p. 11
Trout Lilies	p. 12
The Poet Goes to Indiana	p. 13
The Snow Cricket	p. 15
The Lover of Earth Cannot Help Herself	p. 17
Have You Seen Blacksnake Swimming?	p. 19
How Everything Adores Being Alive	p. 20
Clouds	p. 22
Spring at Blackwater: I Go Though the Lessons Already Learned	p. 23
The Lily	p. 24
Look and See	p. 26
This World	p. 27
At Black River	p. 28
The Marsh Hawk	p. 30
Breakage	p. 32
Where Does the Dance Begin, Where Does It End?	p. 33
Snow Geese	p. 34
What Was Once the Largest Shopping Center in Northern Ohio Was Built Where There Had Been a Pond I Used to Visit Every Summer Afternoon	p. 36
The Dovekie	p. 37
Something	p. 38
Logos	p. 40
Bear	p. 41
Many Miles	p. 42
Luna	p. 43
"Just a minute," said a voice ...	p. 45
This Morning I Watched the Deer	p. 49
The Old Poets of China	p. 50
White-eyes	p. 51
Yellowlegs	p. 53
The Best I Could Do	p. 54
The Wren from Carolina	p. 56
Some Things, Say the Wise Ones	p. 57
Mindful	p. 58
Song of the Builders	p. 60
Look Again	p. 61
Goldenrod, Late Fall	p. 62
November	p. 63
Daisies	p. 65
One	p. 66
The Soul at Last	p. 68
The Pinewoods	p. 69
Lingering in Happiness	p. 71
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