Evidence
Poems
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.
A private person by nature, Mary Oliver has given very few interviews over the years. Instead, she prefers to let her work speak for itself. And speak it has, for the past five decades, to countless readers. The New York Times recently acknowledged Mary Oliver as “far and away, this country’s best-selling poet.” Born in a small town in Ohio, Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28; No Voyage and Other Poems, originally printed in the UK by Dent Press, was reissued in the United States in 1965 by Houghton Mifflin. Oliver has since published many works of poetry and prose.
As a young woman, Oliver studied at Ohio State University and Vassar…
Many Miles
Mary Oliver
At Blackwater Pond
Mary Oliver
Swan
Mary Oliver
Evidence
Mary Oliver
The Truro Bear and Other Adventures
Mary Oliver
Our World
Mary Oliver
Red Bird
Mary Oliver
Thirst
Mary Oliver
New and Selected Poems, Volume Two
Mary Oliver
Blue Iris
Mary Oliver
Owls and Other Fantasies
Mary Oliver
New and Selected Poems, Volume One
Mary Oliver
Why I Wake Early
Mary Oliver