Title: Evidence : poems /
Authors: Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019
Publisher: Beacon Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: American poetry
Abstract: Overview: Never afraid to shed the pretense of academic poetry, never shy of letting the power of an image lie in unadorned language, Mary Oliver offers us poems of arresting beauty that reflect on the power of love and the great gifts of the natural world. Inspired by the familiar lines from William Wordsworth, "To me the meanest flower that blows can give / Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears," she uncovers the evidence presented to us daily by nature, in rivers and stones, willows and field corn, the mockingbird's "embellishments," or the last hours of darkness.
Contents: Yellow -- Swans -- Heart poem -- Prince buzzard -- Li Po and the moon -- Thinking of swirler -- Snowy egret -- Violets -- Then bluebird sang -- We shake with joy -- Spring -- Poet always carries a notebook -- More honey locust -- Halleluiah -- It was early -- Water -- If you say it right, it helps the heart to bear it -- Empty branch in the orchard -- Lesson from James Wright -- Deep summer -- Almost a conversation -- There are a lot of mockingbirds in this book -- Prayer -- At the pond -- To begin with, the sweet grass -- With thanks to the field sparrow, whose voice is so delicate and humble -- Landscape in winter -- I want to write something so simply -- Evidence -- I am standing -- Schubert -- Moon and water -- When I was young and poor -- At the river Clarion -- Philip's birthday -- I want -- About angles and about trees -- Meeting wolf -- Just rain -- Mysteries, yes -- Imagine -- First days at San Miguel de Allende -- Trees -- Broken, unbroken -- Singular and cheerful life -- Another summer begins.