A Thousand Mornings Hardcover - 2012 - 1st Edition
by Mary Oliver
Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life's work, transporting readers to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. With startling clarity, humor, and kindness, this collection explores the mysteries of our daily experience.
Summary
Mornings with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver
In A THOUSAND MORNINGS, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life’s work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. In these pages, Oliver shares the wonder of dawn, the grace of animals, and the transformative power of attention. Whether studying the leaves of a tree or mourning her adored dog, Percy, she is ever patient in her observations and open to the teachings contained in the smallest of moments.
Our most precious chronicler of physical landscape, Oliver opens our eyes to the nature within, to its wild and its quiet. With startling clarity, humor, and kindness, A THOUSAND MORNINGS explores the mysteries of our daily experience.
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- Title A Thousand Mornings
- Author Mary Oliver
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Press, New York, NY
- Date 2012-10-11
- ISBN 9781594204777 / 1594204772
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.25 x 5.44 x 0.58 in (20.96 x 13.82 x 1.47 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Dixon
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Poetry
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012027310
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
Excerpt
I GO DOWN TO THE SHORE
I go down to the shore in the morning
and depending on the hour the waves
are rolling in or moving out,
and I say, oh, I am miserable,
what shall—
what should I do? And the sea says
in its lovely voice:
Excuse me, I have work to do.
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 09/15/2012, Page 14
- Library Journal, 09/15/2012, Page 74
- People Weekly, 12/10/2012, Page 56
- Shelf Awareness, 10/19/2012, Page 0
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