White Pine : Poems and Prose Poems

by Mary Oliver

Paperback, 1994

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Available

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Publication

San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1994.

Description

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."

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LibraryThing member librarist
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
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most shimmering death-traps.

-- From "Spiders", p.46
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LibraryThing member wvlibrarydude
Mary Oliver is a joy to read, read, and read again. Let the words bring forth images, feelings, thoughts, and understanding of the world around us.

Dive in. Float. Do a brisk set of strokes. Take a deep breath. Sink to the bottom. Still in the water and mud of the pond. Dry oneself under the pine.
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Watch the trees, morning glories, roses, heron, deer, toad, snake, owl, fish, dog, stars, sun, and moon. Listen. Smell. Forget your worries and just be. Pick yourself up and walk home loving madly those alive and dead.

Thank you Mary Oliver.
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Awards

Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 1994)

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