Blue Pastures

This is prose by Mary, and of course that still means poetry because she writes so well. The topics are widely varied, but Mary's spirit rings through them all. Almost as awesome as reading her poems. Quotes: "Give me that dark moment I will carry it everywhere like a mouthful of rain." "The new baby......more

I love Oliver’s writing. Her prose is lovely and wise. I thought her perspective on confessional poetry was an interesting take as she does not seem to appreciate it. Considering her great love for Walt Whitman perhaps that’s understandable, though it’s not an opinion I agree with. I did wonder if s......more

This book gave me a fascinating insight into the creative process, or at least the way Mary Oliver thinks the creative process should be. There are pages of thoughts and observations she has throughout her days which she records just to record or in the chance they might generate a poem in the days......more

Blue Pastures is a compilation of essays, some of them published previously someplace else. They are all about nature, poetry, Mary Oliver and after reading them all, I understood, that she led us into her deepest laboratory of crafting poems. She showed us, where she does it - mostly in nature. She......more

What a lovely lady Miss Oliver is hm?......more