Devotions
by Mary Oliver
Oliver's own selection of her poems across fifty years: attention to the natural world, grief, wonder, and the recurring question of what you will do with your one wild and precious life. It is the best single volume of the most read American poet of her generation, and a daily practice for many readers.
Read it if…
you want a poem a day that pays attention to the world and asks you to.
Skip it if…
you do not read poetry; this is the one to try anyway.
Three things you will actually use
- Pay attention; be astonished; tell about it.
- Attention is devotion.
- The world offers itself to your imagination.
Do this first
Read 'The Summer Day' and answer its last question in writing.
Our verdict
Essential, daily, enduring.
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