{"product_id":"a-mary-oliver-collection-isbn-9780593297131","title":"A Mary Oliver Collection","description":"\u003cb\u003eA stunning collection of four of Mary Oliver's most beloved books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Mornings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDog Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFelicity\u003c\/i\u003e, packaged together for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout her career, Mary Oliver touched innumerable readers with her brilliantly crafted verse. In this box set, containing her four most recently published collections, she returns to the imagery and subjects that have come to define her life's work: transporting us to the coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown; reminding us of what it truly means to belong to the natural world;, celebrating the special bond between human and dog, and expounding on the wild and the quiet within our own hearts. Within every book, Oliver honors life, love, and beauty. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis beautifully designed set is the perfect gift for every occasion, and a wonderful addition to the library of both longtime fans and new readers.\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Mornings\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Her compact poems are conversational and teasing, yet their taproots reach deeply into the aquifers of religion, philosophy, and literature . . . Oliver is funny and renegade as she protests cultural vapidity, greed, violence, and environmental decimation and ravishing in her close readings of nature.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you're one of the many, many fans of National Book Award- and Pulitzer-winning poet Mary Oliver, you'll very much welcome A Thousand Mornings.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Shelf Awareness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDog Songs\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDog Songs . . .\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweet golden retriever of a book that curls up with the reader.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Oliver . . . is one of our most adored poets, and a longtime lover of dogs. The popularity of \u003ci\u003e[Dog Songs\u003c\/i\u003e] feels as inevitable and welcome as a wagging tail upon homecoming.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mary Oliver is a canine lover par excellence. Her combo of woman’s best friend and poetry is utterly irresistible.” —\u003cb\u003eOprah.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBlue Horses\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A lyric collection to be treasured.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Journal of Books \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFelicity\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An eloquent celebration of simple joy from one of America’s most beloved poets.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBorn in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28. Over the course of her long career, she received numerous awards. Her fourth book, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Primitive\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She led workshops and held residencies at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. She died in 2019.\"I Happened to Be Standing\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI don’t know where prayers go,\u003cbr\u003eor what they do.\u003cbr\u003eDo cats pray, while they sleep\u003cbr\u003ehalf-asleep in the sun?\u003cbr\u003eDoes the opossum pray as it\u003cbr\u003ecrosses the street?\u003cbr\u003eThe sunflowers? The old black oak\u003cbr\u003egrowing older every year?\u003cbr\u003eI know I can walk through the world,\u003cbr\u003ealong the shore or under the trees,\u003cbr\u003ewith my mind filled with things\u003cbr\u003eof little importance, in full\u003cbr\u003eself-attendance. A condition I can’t really\u003cbr\u003ecall being alive.\u003cbr\u003eIs a prayer a gift, or a petition,\u003cbr\u003eor does it matter?\u003cbr\u003eThe sunflowers blaze, maybe that’s their way.\u003cbr\u003eMaybe the cats are sound asleep. Maybe not.\u003cbr\u003eWhile I was thinking this I happened to be standing\u003cbr\u003ejust outside my door, with my notebook open,\u003cbr\u003ewhich is the way I begin every morning.\u003cbr\u003eThen a wren in the privet began to sing.\u003cbr\u003eHe was positively drenched in enthusiasm,\u003cbr\u003eI don’t know why. And yet, why not.\u003cbr\u003eI wouldn’t persuade you from whatever you believe\u003cbr\u003eor whatever you don’t. That’s your business.\u003cbr\u003eBut I thought, of the wren’s singing, what could this be\u003cbr\u003eif it isn’t a prayer?\u003cbr\u003eSo I just listened, my pen in the air.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Foolishness? No, It's Not.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes I spend all day trying to count\u003cbr\u003ethe leaves on a single tree. To do this I\u003cbr\u003ehave to climb branch by branch and\u003cbr\u003ewrite down the numbers in a little book.\u003cbr\u003eSo I suppose, from their point of view,\u003cbr\u003eit’s reasonable that my friends say: what\u003cbr\u003efoolishness! She’s got her head in the clouds\u003cbr\u003eagain.\u003cbr\u003eBut it’s not. Of course I have to give up,\u003cbr\u003ebut by then I’m half crazy with the wonder\u003cbr\u003eof it—the abundance of the leaves, the\u003cbr\u003equietness of the branches, the hopelessness\u003cbr\u003eof my effort. And I am in that delicious\u003cbr\u003eand important place, roaring with laughter,\u003cbr\u003efull of earth-praise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How It Begins\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA puppy is a puppy is a puppy.\u003cbr\u003eHe’s probably in a basket with a bunch\u003cbr\u003eof other puppies.\u003cbr\u003eThen he’s a little older and he’s nothing\u003cbr\u003ebut a bundle of longing.\u003cbr\u003eHe doesn’t even understand it.\u003cbr\u003eThen someone picks him up and says,\u003cbr\u003e“I want this one.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How It Is With Us, and How It Is With Them\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe become religious,\u003cbr\u003ethen we turn from it,\u003cbr\u003ethen we are in need and maybe we turn back.\u003cbr\u003eWe turn to making money,\u003cbr\u003ethen we turn to the moral life,\u003cbr\u003ethen we think about money again.\u003cbr\u003eWe meet wonderful people, but lose them\u003cbr\u003ein our busyness.\u003cbr\u003eWe’re, as the saying goes, all over the place.\u003cbr\u003eSteadfastness, it seems,\u003cbr\u003eis more about dogs than about us.\u003cbr\u003eOne of the reasons we love them so much.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"After Reading Lucretius, I Go To The Pond\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe slippery green frog\u003cbr\u003ethat went to his death\u003cbr\u003ein the heron’s pink throat\u003cbr\u003ewas my small brother,\u003cbr\u003eand the heron\u003cbr\u003ewith the white plumes\u003cbr\u003elike a crown on his head\u003cbr\u003ewho is washing now his great sword-beak\u003cbr\u003ein the shining pond\u003cbr\u003eis my tall thin brother.\u003cbr\u003eMy heart dresses in black\u003cbr\u003eand dances.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302589911269,"sku":"NP9780593297131","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593297131.jpg?v=1767720637","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-mary-oliver-collection-isbn-9780593297131","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}