A Thousand Mornings: A Collection of Poetry to Inspire and Refresh

Anna: What words can create inside one's being...Mary Oliver is a gift.

Canada on Sep 05, 2023

Nicole B.: I love these poems. I used this for this betterment of my body mind and Spirit

United States on Aug 25, 2023

rebecca gibb: Nice

United States on Jul 08, 2023

Bee Durban: Mary Oliver is always worth reading. Her poems are finely in wrought and sensitively woven. A Thousand Mornings is not my favourite of her poetry collections. I go to Mary Oliver to become more present to the other-than-human world & this collection has much to say about the human experience. But, as ever, there are many beautiful, transcendent moments to be found here.

United Kingdom on Jul 06, 2023

Renee Says . . .: This is my first time reading any of Oliver's poems. My initial reaction was, "Meh," but the last third of the book was simply beautiful. Try reading it backwards if you're a newbie like me.

United States on May 01, 2023

Martin Stepek: I have known about Mary Oliver for a couple of decades but, despite buying heaps of poetry books, hadn't got round to her work until earlier this week.
What a delight. She has that really rare skill of almost always just being on the right side of profound but not pretentious, spiritual but not mawkish, nature-loving but not blandly so. The result is a truly uplifting experience when reading and re-reading her poems. Their brevity and simplicity of language are fantastic and effective.
I look forward to reading much more of her, and if her other volumes - prose as well as poetry - are anything like as good as this book, I'll buy everything she has published.

United Kingdom on Jan 06, 2023

MDM: Book was liked by Child to whom presented.

India on Feb 18, 2022

Diego Laurentino de Carvalho: Mary Oliver é um daqueles autores que através da sua obra nos faz cair de amores por suas paixôes. Talvez até mais do que seus poemas em si, os objetos aos quais Mary (a chamo assim pois é difícil não se sentir íntimo depois de todas essas manhãs em companhia da autora) dirige seu olhar encantado, como uma varinha de condão, se transformam de maneira esplêndida: pássaros pousados numa árvore, um jardineiro cuidando das flores, um mar "azul cinza verde lavanda". Sua poesia é um convite a ver um mundo que, como a autora reconhece, está deixando de existir. Mas que nada nos impede de tentar reconstruí-lo.
Uma pequena ressalva apenas ao material da capa, que por algum motivo, nessa edição, se arrebitou nas quatro pontas e deixou a mostra alguns traços de plástico, como se submetido ao calor. E isso logo nas primeiras semanas de comprado. Vamos procurar melhorar os materiais da capa, Penguin!

Brazil on Jan 24, 2019

Joseph J. Truncale: I have loved great poetry most of my life. I prefer the old masters of poetry and usually stay away from the contemporary or so-called "modern day" poets. However, I was pleasantly surprised at this collection by Mary Oliver. I bought this book for my wife and decided to also read it.

I do like her style and the fact that most of her poems are clear, easy to read and understand. She writes about her everyday experiences in simple and effective prose that makes it a real pleasure to read. One of the reasons I seldom read some of the contemporary poetry journals is because in many cases, the poetry rambles on forever with meaningless and incoherent verbiage. I sometimes wonder if the people who write this kind of poetry are residents of an insane asylum. I am always amazed that many of these present day "free verse" poets are praised by the pseudo-intellectuals who publish these journals.

This is why it is so refreshing to read a collection of poems by a true poet like Mary Oliver.

In conclusion, this is a sometimes interesting (but not great) collection of poems, but if you like Mary Oliver's poetry you should check out this volume. I found it an easy read and...

United States on Aug 10, 2013

Kateri Ewing: When I arrived home from the community Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday I noticed that I had not brought in my mail from Wednesday. I was feeling a little low, mostly from being tired and a bit from missing my family. When I opened the front door to retrieve my mail, I almost missed a slim cardboard box propped up against the house. A package from Amazon.com. Oh joy of joys! I had almost forgot that I had placed an order for Mary Oliver’s twenty-second book of poems, A Thousand Mornings. You cannot imagine my smile as I tore the box open and saw its cover.

One can never feel low or lonely when there is a book of Mary Oliver poems in one’s hands.

I knew I had plenty of work to finish that evening, but first things first. I opened a Flying Bison Blizzard Bock, ran a hot bath and settled in for a soak, sip and read.

It is an event in my life, when a new Mary Oliver book is published. In the past so many years I have celebrated the arrivals of Evidence, Thirst, Swan, and Red Bird. I have purchased at least five copies of her New and Selected Poems because I can’t help but give them away when I meet someone who has never heard of her before. And each time I...

United States on Nov 30, 2012