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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

by Mary Oliver

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"Her perspective often feels meditative, grounded in nature, full of softspoken universal themes. I am finding her later poetry, when she was older, more moving and mature (more self-assured, maybe?). There’s a clarity there I resonate with." — Apr 19, 2025 07:46PM

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“Tis "the witching time of night", / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen —”
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