The New York Times has called Oliver’s poems “thoroughly convincing—as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring.” In this stunning collection of forty poems she writes of nature and love, of the way they transform over time. And the way they remain constant. To quote Library Journal: “From the chaos of the world, her poems distill what it means to be human and what is worthwhile about life.”
“One would have to reach back perhaps to [John] Clare or [Christopher] Smart to safely cite a parallel to Oliver’s lyricism.”
—David Barber, Poetry