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Owls and other fantasies : poems and essays / Mary Oliver.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Beacon Press, c2003.Description: 67 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0807068683 (acidfree paper)
  • 0807068756 (pbk.: acid-free paper)
  • 9780807068687 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780807068755 (pbk.: acid-free paper)
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Contents:
Wild Geese -- The Dipper -- Spring -- Goldfinches -- Such Singing in the Wild Branches -- The Swan -- Owls -- June Hawk -- The Kingfisher -- Herons in Winter in the Frozen Marsh -- Yes! No! -- Hummingbirds -- The Kookaburras -- The Loon on Oak-Head Pond -- While I am Writing a Poem -- Catbird -- Little Owl Who Lives in the Orchard -- Birds -- Wrens -- Some Herons -- September -- Every Morning the Crow -- White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field -- Starlings in Winter -- I Looked Up -- Long Afternoon as the Edge of Little Sister Pond -- Afterword -- Backyard.
Summary: A collection of poetry and essays celebrates the birds that have played an important role in the author's life, including the owl, goldfinch, swan, hummingbird, and loon.
List(s) this item appears in: Comfort Reads for Adults
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 811.6 O48 Available 33111007625813
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A perfect introduction to Mary Oliver's poetry, this stunning collection features 26 nature poems and prose writings about the birds that played such an important role in the Pulitzer Prize winner's life.

Within these pages you will find hawks, hummingbirds, and herons; kingfishers, catbirds, and crows; swans, swallows and, of course, the snowy owl, among a dozen others-including ten poems that have never before been collected. She adds two beautifully crafted essays, "Owls," selected for the Best American Essays series, and "Bird," a new essay that will surely take its place among the classics of the genre.

In the words of the poet Stanley Kunitz, "Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations."

For anyone who values poetry and essays, for anyone who cares about birds, Owls and Other Fantasies will be a treasured gift; for those who love both, it will be essential reading.

This book was published with two different covers. Customers will be shipped the book with one of the available covers.

Wild Geese -- The Dipper -- Spring -- Goldfinches -- Such Singing in the Wild Branches -- The Swan -- Owls -- June Hawk -- The Kingfisher -- Herons in Winter in the Frozen Marsh -- Yes! No! -- Hummingbirds -- The Kookaburras -- The Loon on Oak-Head Pond -- While I am Writing a Poem -- Catbird -- Little Owl Who Lives in the Orchard -- Birds -- Wrens -- Some Herons -- September -- Every Morning the Crow -- White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field -- Starlings in Winter -- I Looked Up -- Long Afternoon as the Edge of Little Sister Pond -- Afterword -- Backyard.

A collection of poetry and essays celebrates the birds that have played an important role in the author's life, including the owl, goldfinch, swan, hummingbird, and loon.

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