“Devotions” also provides a plethora of intimacy as demonstrated by “Dog Songs” and allows one to experience emotions, regardless of whether they’re foreign to you. Regardless of the era, these lines will remain as existential questions for all of humanity to ponder. A romantic poet, she captures the complex beauty of “Daisies” and “Whistling Swans?” She begs us to join her in her return to nature as to explore our most inner-selves with lines such as this one: With poems dating back to 1963, it includes some of my all-time favorites such as “Music Lessons,” “Wild Geese,” and “The Summer Day.”Īs one moves through the book, we can see Oliver’s spiritual evolution over time as we see her fascination with nature deepen over time. In “Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver,” Oliver offers a collection of almost all her best poems throughout the year.
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