New and Selected Poems, Volume One

Mary Oliver's 'New and Selected Poems' contains some wonderful and inspiring pieces including several of my favourite poems of Ms Oliver's such as: 'Wild Geese', 'The Sun', 'Morning','The Eskimos Have No Word For War, 'The Lamps' and 'The Black Walnut Tree', and others that I don't remember having seen before and some that are sharper and more thought-provoking such as: 'A Bitterness', 'Rage' and 'Acid' - and like another reviewer writing here, my copy is littered with post-its marking the pages of the poems that have 'spoken' to me. As it says on the cover of my copy: "Poems are like companions...they accompany you wherever the journey might lead" and I am looking forward to buying volume two to accompany this one. Highly recommended.5 Stars.

It's taken me probably a year or more to finish the whole volume (I'm a slow reader, especially of poetry) but my copy now has a frill of post-its sticking out of the edges, marking all the poems I particularly loved. I'm astonished that I'd never heard of Mary Oliver until I bought this book - shows my ignorance, I guess. I'm so looking forward to diving into volume 2. Along with Billy Collins she is now one of my very favourite poets.

I need to stop buying books from Amazon. They either arrive poorly printed (like Today Means Amen which wasn’t even lined up properly) or damaged like this one. The covers been warped and bent, it looks like water damage.Thankful indie booksellers have been allowed to reopen in the U.K.

This is a lovely selection of Mary Oliver's poems. I also bought the second volume too and I would recommend these to anyone who loves her poems.

I love Mary Oliver's poems and this collection is no exception. It's one of those books that you can read again and again. Much recommended.