num_pages: 82
description: In A Thousand Mornings Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her lifes work transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home Provincetown Massachusetts. In these pages Oliver shares the wonder of dawn the grace of animals and the transformative power of attention. Whether studying the leaves of a tree or mourning her adored dog Percy she is ever patient in her observations and open to the teachings contained in the smallest of moments.Our most precious chronicler of physical landscape Oliver opens our eyes to the nature within to its wild and its quiet. With startling clarity humor and kindness A Thousand Mornings explores the mysteries of our daily experience.
language: English
title: A Thousand Mornings: Poems
publisher: Penguin Press