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Blue Iris by Mary Oliver

Blue Iris

Poems and Essays

Poems and Essays

Poems and Essays

By Mary Oliver

By Mary Oliver

By Mary Oliver

By Mary Oliver

By Mary Oliver

By Mary Oliver

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Category: Poetry | Science

Category: Poetry | Science

Category: Poetry | Science

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Oct 15, 2006 | ISBN 9780807068830

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Sep 15, 2004 | ISBN 9780807068823

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    About Blue Iris

    A rich collection of ten poems, two essays, and two dozen of Mary Oliver’s classic works on flowers, trees, and plants of all sorts, elegantly illustrated, Blue Iris is the essential companion to Owls and Other Fantasies, one of the best-selling volumes of poetry of 2003 and a Book Sense 76 selection.

    About Blue Iris

    For poet Mary Oliver, nature is full of mystery and miracle. From the excitation of birds in the sky to the flowers and plants that are “the simple garments” of the earth, the natural world is her text of both the earth’s changes and its permanence.

    In Blue Iris, Mary Oliver collects ten new poems, two dozen of her poems written over the last two decades, and two previously unpublished essays on the beauty and wonder of plants. The poet considers roses, of course, as well as poppies and peonies; lilies and morning glories; the thick-bodied black oak and the fragrant white pine; the tall sunflower and the slender bean.

    James Dickey has said of her, “Far beneath the surface-flash of linguistic effect, Mary Oliver works her quiet and mysterious spell. It is a true spell, unlike any other poet’s, the enchantment of the true maker.” In Blue Iris, she has captured with breathtaking clarity the true enchantment and mysterious spell of flowers and plants of all sorts and their magnetic hold on us.

    About Blue Iris

    For poet Mary Oliver, nature is full of mystery and miracle. From the excitation of birds in the sky to the flowers and plants that are “the simple garments” of the earth, the natural world is her text of both the earth’s changes and its permanence.

    In Blue Iris, Mary Oliver collects ten new poems, two dozen of her poems written over the last two decades, and two previously unpublished essays on the beauty and wonder of plants. The poet considers roses, of course, as well as poppies and peonies; lilies and morning glories; the thick-bodied black oak and the fragrant white pine; the tall sunflower and the slender bean.

    James Dickey has said of her, “Far beneath the surface-flash of linguistic effect, Mary Oliver works her quiet and mysterious spell. It is a true spell, unlike any other poet’s, the enchantment of the true maker.” In Blue Iris, she has captured with breathtaking clarity the true enchantment and mysterious spell of flowers and plants of all sorts and their magnetic hold on us.

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    About Mary Oliver

    A private person by nature, Mary Oliver has given very few interviews over the years. Instead, she prefers to let her work speak for itself. And speak it has, for the past five decades, to countless readers. The New York… More about Mary Oliver

    About Mary Oliver

    A private person by nature, Mary Oliver has given very few interviews over the years. Instead, she prefers to let her work speak for itself. And speak it has, for the past five decades, to countless readers. The New York… More about Mary Oliver

    About Mary Oliver

    A private person by nature, Mary Oliver has given very few interviews over the years. Instead, she prefers to let her work speak for itself. And speak it has, for the past five decades, to countless readers. The New York… More about Mary Oliver

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry | Science

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Beacon Press
    Oct 15, 2006 | 96 Pages | 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780807068830

    Category: Poetry | Science

    Hardcover | $24.00
    Published by Beacon Press
    Sep 15, 2004 | 96 Pages | 6-1/4 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780807068823

    Category: Poetry | Science

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Beacon Press
    Sep 15, 2004 | 96 Pages | ISBN 9780807096604

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    Praise

    Blue Iris fortuitously offers an extended sequence and new contexts for a writer whose precise eye and instinct for surprising images have made her one of the best practitioners of the lyrical revelation . . . Oliver continues to earn applause and admiration for continuing to provide redemptive meditation and supple praises for nature in a time when so much is under threat.–R.T. Smith, Shenandoah

    “Salvation, in Mary Oliver’s poems, consists of the living of a natural life, the dying of a natural death, and the ability to look clearly in both directions while keeping the two processes in balance.”–Jay Rogoff, Southern Review

    “Mary Oliver’s poems are natural growths out of a loam of perception and feeling, and instinctive skill with language makes them seem effortless. Reading them is a sensual delight.”–May Swenson

    “The gift of Oliver’s poetry is that she communicates the beauty she finds in the world and makes it unforgettable.”
    -Miami Herald

    “These 32 poems and four essays offer rich meditations on flowers in nature, showing how plant life reflects the life of the human heart . . . A companion to Oliver’s recent Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays, this work presents poetry in free verse, which Oliver has perfected in all of its musicality and rhythm.”—Library Journal

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