New and Selected Poems, Volume Two
Understand, I am always trying to figure out what the soul is, and where hidden, and what shape-New and Selected Poems, Volume Two, an anthology of forty-two new poems-an entire volume in itself-and…
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Understand, I am always trying to figure out what the soul is, and where hidden, and what shape-New and Selected Poems, Volume Two, an anthology of forty-two new poems-an entire volume in itself-and sixty-nine poems hand-picked by Mary Oliver from six of her last eight books, is a major addition to a career in poetry that has spanned nearly five decades. Now recognized as an unparalleled poet of the natural world, Mary Oliver writes with unmatched dexterity and a profound appreciation for the divergence and convergence of all living things.Mary Oliver is always searching for the soul of things. In poem after poem, her investigations go from the humble green bean that nourishes her and makes her wonder if "something/-I can't name it-watches as I walk the/rows, accepting the gift of their lives/to assist mine" to the vast, untouchable bliss of "things