Why I Wake Early: Poems

Why I Wake Early: Poems - Paperback

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Why I Wake Early: Poems - Paperback

Why I Wake Early: Poems - Paperback

by Mary Oliver
$18.00
$18.00

Book Overview

The forty-seven new works in this volume include poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snakes, goldenrod, bears, greeting the morning, watching the deer, and, finally, lingering in happiness. Each poem is imbued with the extraordinary perceptions of a poet who considers the everyday in our lives and the natural world around us and finds a multitude of reasons to wake early.
ISBN9780807068793
Author Mary Oliver
PublisherBeacon Press
GenreHobbies & interests and Literature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2005
LanguageENG- English
Pages96
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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