Welcome to Litsy!

This was my Friday night read but I fell asleep- not in response to the book! Nursing a cold. #NonfictionWinter #Litsolace

Oliver‘s writing beautifully blurs the boundaries between the human and natural realms. In her graceful and precise style, Oliver discusses topics such as turtle eggs, housebuilding, unexpected whistling sounds, and the interconnectedness of all things. Her reflections on poetry and favorite poets, including Poe, Frost, Hopkins, and Whitman, add depth to this extraordinary and engaging work.

Went for a walk in the snow then came home and read this while everyone else watched football. It was pretty perfect. #LMPBC will mail this week ❤️

I always love Mary Oliver. And this one was no exception. My favorites were Swoon, The Swan, & Winter Hours (which I strongly related to).

Christine, thanks for picking such this! 💚
Jill, I‘ll get this in the mail hopefully tomorrow!

#LMPBC

Thanks Christine! I‘m looking forward to reading this. ❄️

#lmpbc

#LMPBC Round 19 - Group C is for Cold Weather

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Here‘s where we stand right now. I hope I got this right.

So in love with this little book! Definitely something I‘ll be returning to over the years.

She describes this as ‘parts of a conversation‘ ‘revealing, a little, my private and natural self‘. Which makes the subject matter in each of these pieces just as fascinating as the language used.

It seems there are always more hidden poetic terms to learn #weirdwords @CBee

In the intro to this book she talks about teaching at Bennington College, so I looked it up and learned I missed out on having her as a poetry professor by just 2 years!!! That could have been a life changing experience. I have no idea where she actually wrote this since most of the faculty isn‘t local, but now I‘m picturing her writing in in some farmhouse in the Green Mountains. #BookishMoodBoard Thanks for the tags @Eggs @AkashaVampie !

Reader, you may call what follows a collection of essays. #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Admittedly, parts of this volume were a reread as it turns out they were also included in Upstream: Selected Essays.
As always, what she has to say about nature compels me most, and about spirituality, least. She was (unsurprisingly) eloquent on the topic of humanity's relationship to nature and conservation. Liked her analysis of other poets.
Despite the risk of overlap, I will continue to read every collection my library has of her work.

Interconnectivity vs. anthropocentrism

Words have power, the way they are wielded makes all the difference.

Love the imagery of shelter for prey being the compassion of trees. 🌲💚
From 'Once', p. 32.

Happy to be enticed so skillfully.

Confirmed new hobby after several hours logged: erasing impudent pencil marks from LIBRARY books! 🙎🏼‍♂️😤

Swooning for this colour way.

This volume of poetry, prose, and poetry criticism is pure Mary Oliver. Every word considered, and every sentence crafted. She focuses on her own life, and her relationship to the natural world around her. Full of wonder, contentment, and sheer beauty.

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What a beautiful, stark, fierce little book of poetry and essays that are quite poetic. The last essay rather sums up Mary Oliver‘s life (especially before her partner died). Very East Coast, very bracing. 4.5 ⭐️ #poetry #essays

Once, in Union, Maine, as we were passing a field, five birch trees became five white ponies. Their feet shuffled in the long grass; their white faces shone. This is called: happiness. This is called: stay away from me with your inches, and your savings accounts, and your plums in a jar. Your definitive anything. And if life is so various, so shifting, what could we possibly say of death, that black leaf, that has in it any believable finality?

Mary Oliver:
“Meditations, moving toward an answer, may well profit from simple language and a definite, reliable pattern so that the reader may absorb carefully every step in the argument. Praise poems require no such step-by-step apparatus but may come to the reader as they are felt by the writer—in a rush, in a spray, in a tumble and gallop, a pressure, a fulsomeness, an abundance, the sharp hooves of happiness lifting and flashing.” #poetry

Oh, Mary Oliver. #poetry #essays #nonfiction

“*Oh, yesterday, that one,* we all cried out. *Oh, that one!* How rich and possible everything was! How ripe, ready, lavish, and filled with excitement—how hopeful we were on those summer days, under the clean, white racing clouds. *Oh, yesterday!*”

#LiteraryLuck Day 1: This is my #TBRShelfie for March. First three books on top are just titles that I wanted to get to. Women Talking and Big Little Lies are for #WomenReadWomen2019 ReadAlong Chat and the last one is for my #IRLBookClub discussing The Weight Of Our Sky this March.

Tackling #MountTBR

Nice selection of prose and poetry. Oliver‘s work is lovely and relatable and speaks for itself.

#poetrymatters

If, like me, you were waiting for payday or your library hold of Mary Oliver‘s work, then this may be a nice surprise. Not sure how long this deal will run, so jump on the ebook sale, if you are so inclined.

I checked this out after Mary Oliver died because I‘d never read her work. This book is a collection of mostly essays, and it‘s divided into 4 parts. The first and last two parts deal with her relationship to nature and how that influences her writing. The 2nd part was literary criticism, which I enjoyed but not as much.

1/ There There by Tommy Orange, Winter Hours by Mary Oliver (ebook), and The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch (audiobook).
2/ tea
3/ Diet Coke

#WEEKENDREADS @rachelsbrittain

RIP Mary Oliver

#poetry #poetrymatters #maryoliver

Rip Mary Oliver- you told about it.

There's a lot of prose in this poetry book! But it's all still lovely. This is the last poem and Oliver does not disappoint. 😁
#Poemsbeforephones #poetry
@monalyisha @cocomass @Redwritinghood @DivineDiana #poetryreading

#poemsbeforephones #poetry
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#PoetryMatters #grace
You can have the other words-chance, luck,
serendipity. I‘ll take grace. I don‘t know
what it is exactly, but
I‘ll take it...

staying cozy with Mary Oliver and sweet berries.

Thanks for another fantastic book giveaway, Liberty! I loved this book when I read it last month. You can probably tell by all the tabs I added. #SPRINGCLEANING

Mary Oliver's meditations are so healing. 💓

Food and book therapy. ❤️ Ribeye and meatball Thai noodle soup, rose bubble tea, and Mary Oliver cure every heartbreak. 🍜

#bookanddinner

#feistyfeb #bestoffebruary Pretty good reading month in February. 👍🏻👍🏻

It seems like you can't go wrong with Mary Oliver. I enjoyed this lovely, deeply introspective collection of essays and poems. I feel that she truly lives by her teachings "to observe with passion, to think with patience, to live always care-ingly." There is much to ponder and savor in this slim collection.

You know it's been a great party when your guests pass out on the sofa. I think it's time to call this #litsypartyofone done. Domino is not the only one ready for bed. Good night littens.

Trying to get this #litsypartyofone started, but everyone in my house is kinda crazy tonight. Must be the full moon. My reading buddy Domino is with me and my books, but even he looks doubtful that we can pull this off. #dogsoflitsy

It just seems like the right time to start this one, don't ya think?

We do not think of it every day, but we never forget it: the beloved shall grow old, or ill, and be taken away finally. No matter how ferociously we fight, how tenderly we love, how bitterly we argue, how pervasively we berate the universe, how cunningly we hide, this is what shall happen. In the wide circles of timelessness, everything material and temporal will fail, including the manifestation of the beloved.

Cleansing my brain with some more Mary Oliver. I have a feeling I will be reading a lot of her this year. 💓