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New and Selected Poems, Volume Two,
an anthology of forty-two new poems - an entire volume in itself - and
sixty-nine poems hand-picked by Mary Oliver from six of her last eight
books, is a major addition to a career in poetry that has spanned nearly
five decades. Now recognized as an unparalleled poet of the natural
world, Mary Oliver writes with unmatched dexterity and a profound
appreciation for the divergence and convergence of all living things.
Mary Oliver is always searching for the soul of things. In poem after
poem, her investigations go from the humble green bean that nourishes
her and makes her wonder if "something/-I can't name it-watches as I
walk the/rows, accepting the gift of their lives/to assist mine" to the
vast, untouchable bliss of "things you can't reach./But you can reach
out to them, and all day long./The wind, the bird flying away./The idea
of God." Oliver's search grows and is informed by experience,
meditation, perception, and discernment. And all the while, during her
quest, she is constantly surprised and fortified by joy.
This graceful volume, designed to be paired with New and Selected Poems, Volume One,
includes new poems on birds, toads, flowers, insects, bodies of water,
and the extraordinary experience of the everyday in our lives. In the
words of Alicia Ostriker,'Mary Oliver moves by instinct, faith, and
determination. She is among our finest poets, and still growing.' In
both the older and new poems, Mary Oliver is a poet at the height of her
control of image and language.
178 pages. Paperback.
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