Blue iris
Subtitle: poems and essays
By: Mary Oliver.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Flowers -- Poetry; Flowers
Genres: Poetry.
Description: "In Blue Iris, Mary Oliver collects ten new poems, two dozen of her poems written over the last two decades, and two previously unpublished essays on the beauty and wonder of plants. The poet considers roses, of course, as well as poppies and peonies; lilies and morning glories; the thick-bodied black oak and the fragrant white pine; the tall sunflower and the slender bean."--BOOK JACKET.