{"product_id":"house-of-light-isbn-9780807068113","title":"House of Light","description":"This collection of poems by Mary Oliver once again invites the reader to step across the threshold of ordinary life into a world of natural and spiritual luminosity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTell me, what is it you plan to do\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ewith your one wild and precious life?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Mary Oliver, \"The Summer Day\" (one of the poems in this volume)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of a 1991 Christopher Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 1991 \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Lawrence L. Winship Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book was published with two different covers. Customers will be shipped the book with one of the available covers.Some Questions You Might Ask \u003cbr\u003eMoccasin Flowers\u003cbr\u003eThe Buddha’s Last Instruction \u003cbr\u003eSpring \u003cbr\u003eSingapore \u003cbr\u003eThe Hermit Crab \u003cbr\u003eLilies \u003cbr\u003eWings \u003cbr\u003eThe Swan \u003cbr\u003eThe Kingfisher \u003cbr\u003eIndonesia \u003cbr\u003e“Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen” \u003cbr\u003eTurtle \u003cbr\u003eThe Deer \u003cbr\u003eThe Loon on Oak-Head Pond \u003cbr\u003eWhat Is It? \u003cbr\u003eWriting Poems \u003cbr\u003eSome Herons \u003cbr\u003eFive A.M. in the Pinewoods \u003cbr\u003eLittle Owl Who Lives in the Orchard \u003cbr\u003eThe Gift \u003cbr\u003ePipefish \u003cbr\u003eThe Kookaburras \u003cbr\u003eThe Lilies Break Open Over the Dark Water \u003cbr\u003eDeath at a Great Distance \u003cbr\u003eThe Notebook \u003cbr\u003ePraise \u003cbr\u003eLooking for Snakes \u003cbr\u003eFish Bones \u003cbr\u003eThe Oak Tree at the Entrance to Blackwater Pond \u003cbr\u003eEverything \u003cbr\u003eNature \u003cbr\u003eSnake \u003cbr\u003eThe Ponds \u003cbr\u003eThe Summer Day \u003cbr\u003eSerengeti \u003cbr\u003eThe Terns \u003cbr\u003eRoses, Late Summer \u003cbr\u003eHerons in Winter in the Frozen Marsh \u003cbr\u003eLooking at a Book of van Gogh’s Paintings, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania \u003cbr\u003eFoxes in Winter \u003cbr\u003eHow Turtles Come to Spend the Winter in the Aquarium, Then Are Flown South and Released Back Into the Sea \u003cbr\u003eCrows \u003cbr\u003eMaybe \u003cbr\u003eFinches \u003cbr\u003eWhite Owl Flies Into and Out of the FieldOliver's poems are thoroughly convincing--as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring. \u003ci\u003e-The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003eMary Oliver (1935–2019), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. She wrote over 30 volumes of poetry and prose, including \u003ci\u003eBlue Iris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOwls and Other Fantasies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy I Wake Early\u003c\/i\u003e, two volumes of \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDevotions\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two essay collections, \u003ci\u003eLong Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUpstream\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302685954277,"sku":"NP9780807068113","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807068113.jpg?v=1742928645","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/house-of-light-isbn-9780807068113","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}