Title: Thirst
Author: Mary
Oliver
Publisher: Beacon
Press
ISBN: 9780807068960
Genre: Poetry
Pages: 84
Rating: 4/5
I have savoured Mary Oliver’s Poems
before, how she finds sensitivity into nature is quite graceful. Generally we
neglect our surrounding, the nature and there she observes life, life full of
empathy, kindness, love and depth. I embraced the way she expressed herself
with heart piercing words.
I am nothing in front of her to
review her work so Just sharing few exquisite pieces.
A Pretty Song
From the complications of loving you
I think there is no end or return.
No answer, no coming out of it.
I think there is no end or return.
No answer, no coming out of it.
Which is the only way to love, isn’t it?
This isn’t a playground, this is
This isn’t a playground, this is
earth, our heaven, for a while.
Therefore I have given precedence
to all my sudden, sullen, dark moods
that hold you in the center of my world.
to all my sudden, sullen, dark moods
that hold you in the center of my world.
And I say to my body: grow thinner still.
And I say to my fingers,
And I say to my fingers,
type me a pretty song.
And I say to my heart: rave on.
Another piece from her poem
Put a bracelet on your
ankle with a
bell on it and make a
little music for the earth beneath your foot.
One More..
ankle with a
bell on it and make a
little music for the earth beneath your foot.
One More..
Belief isn’t always easy
But this much I have learned—
If not enough else—
to live with my eyes openIf not enough else—
ABOUT
POET
Mary Oliver is one of the most
celebrated and best-selling poets in America. Her books include Red Bird; Our World;
Thirst; Blue Iris; New and Selected Poems, Volume One; and New and Selected
Poems, Volume Two. She has also published five books of prose, including Rules
for the Dance and, most recently, Long Life. She lives in Provincetown,
Massachusetts.