Why I Wake Early

"Mary Oliver continues to tutor us in attention, gratitude, and reverence in this new collection of forty-seven poems."--Frederick and Mary Brussat, Spirituality and Health
Praise for Owls and Other Fantasies:
"Mary Oliver is beautiful and accurate in this book of poetry and prose about birds...all rendered with the precision of a line-drawing of a single feather that puts the entire wing into perspective." --Orion
Praise for Mary Oliver's poetry:
"These are life enhancing and redemptive poems that coax the sublime from the subliminal." --Sally Connolly, Poetry
"Mary Oliver's poems are natural growths out of a loam of perception and feeling, and instinctive skill with language makes them seem effortless. Reading them is a sensual delight." --May Swenson
"The gift of Oliver's poetry is that she communicates the beauty she finds in the world and makes it unforgettable" --Miami Herald