House of Light

This is a book of the most beautiful poetry!!!

Can't imagine that Mary Oliver would ever disappoint me!Wisdom, beauty, truth flow from her like a fresh mountain stream.Go ahead. Indulge yourself.Sit in your favorite quiet place. Preferably in nature.Let your spirit soak in these amazing pictures she paints with words.Bet you find yourself savoring the images.So. Now. Go on. Let you own light shine!

Nuff said!!

Mary Oliver really is a magnificent poet - her images of nature conjure up perfect visuals of whatever natural scene she's describing. I do tend to find her poetry very intellectual as opposed to emotional (Charles Bukowski; Pablo Neruda - two of my favourite poets whose work is molten with emotions). However, despite this somewhat austere element to her poetry, her collections are always a worthwhile read and HOUSE OF LIGHT is no exception. Some favourites from the book:"Spring"; "The Hermit Crab"; "The Kingfisher" and the unforgettable, amazing and brilliant "The Summer Day" (with the exquisite ending couplet that resonates so deeply no matter how many times I read it "...Tell me, what is it you plan to do/with your one wild and precious life?"

Mary Oliver is one of my favorite poets, and this is one of my favorite of all of her collections. I got it as a gift for a fellow poetry lover, who I’m sure will love it too.

As I mentioned in my review of her ‘Devotions’ book I love all of her work gave some as gifts Those recipients also loved them

I like Mary Oliver's work, period. House of Light invites the reader on a journey to awareness of natural and simple everyday things, which take on a specialness in the chosen words of Mary Oliver. I can see Mary Oliver as a "Universalist" and a darn good one at that.The awarness about which I write is that which leads to insight and love of things in nature. It is like reading about these wonders, and seeing them for the first time from your heart. There is also the gift of interior silence that is created in your soul as you "SEE" that which you read. It is no wonder that "House of Light" was the winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.Donald J. Da Ros

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I love this book, I love Mary Oliver's writing so how could it fail to please. It is full of life, good things and the pleasure of really seeing what is all around us.

Oliver’s poetry is a journey of emotion and reaches everyone, even those who feel out of reach.

That was in 1984, and I fell in love with her poetry immediately. The book was difficult for me to find in Australia at that time, and I never got around to acquiring it. It's only with her death that I looked for it online and bought it on Kindle. I just read it all through again. Yes, it still enchants, moves and uplifts me.

Mary Oliver's poems help me to gain deeper insight and relationship to the natural world and myself as an integral part of it. She speaks of ordinary things in ordinary - in the sense of being readily accessible - language that is inspiring. At the same time there are metaphors that pull me up, cause me to reflect, and take me deeper.