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White Pine by Mary Oliver

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White Pine

Poems and Prose Poems

Mary Oliver

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 19, 1994

Reading lane: Nature Poetry

From the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver, a collection of evocative and haunting poetry and prose “Oliver’s poems are...as genuine, moving and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring.” — New York Times In her first collection since winning the National Book Award, Mary Oliver writes of the silky bonds between every person and the natural world, of the delight of writing, of the value of silence.

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Why This Clicks

Nature and Quiet

A collection that listens closely to the natural world, writing, and the useful quiet of silence.

Come here for

  • Poems tracing the close bonds between people and the natural world
  • The pleasures of writing, and the value of silence

Expect

  • Evocative, haunting poetry and prose poems
  • A fourteen-part poem alongside poems and a prose poem

Book Details

Authors
Mary Oliver
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
November 19, 1994
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Nature Poetry · American Poetry
Reading lane
Nature Poetry

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Publisher Categories

  • Creative Writing

  • Nature Writing

  • Poetry Anthologies

  • Inspirational & Religious Poetry

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  • American Poetry

  • Nature Poetry

  • Women Poets

About This Book

From the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver, a collection of evocative and haunting poetry and prose “Oliver’s poems are...as genuine, moving and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring.” — New York Times In her first collection since winning the National Book Award, Mary Oliver writes of the silky bonds between every person and the natural world, of the delight of writing, of the value of silence. The collection features the fourteen...

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From the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver, a collection of evocative and haunting poetry and prose “Oliver’s poems are...as genuine, moving and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring.” — New York Times In her first collection since winning the National Book Award, Mary Oliver writes of the silky bonds between every person and the natural world, of the delight of writing, of the value of silence. The collection features the fourteen-part poem “In the Blackwater Woods,” as well as “At the Lake” and the prose poem “Snail.”

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