Thirst: Poems by Mary Oliver Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Thirst: Poems
Book Review: Mary Oliver is a beatiful gem the world holds in its hand.
Summary: 5 Stars
National treasure Mary Oliver, in a book as fierce in love as it is numinous with understandings of God and wilderness, gives us Thirst. The poems in this collection celebrate the life and death of Oliver's beloved partner of over 40 years, Molly Malone Cooke. Oliver's art, sharp and expansive, is stunning, brilliant, and made of adoration. Book Review: rich!
Summary: 5 Stars
We love this book. Moving, tight--each sentence a dense moment to hold. Thank you Mary Oliver!Book Review: Earth spirituality with an almost monastic love of God
Summary: 5 Stars
In "Thirst", Mary Oliver bravely introduces us to her rediscovered religion - Christianity, and she does it in the most familiar, pantheistic, gently questioning way. Like how she tenderly describes the transformation of the simple substances of bread and wine, at the same time wondering how she can quiet herself to enter into that mystery, in `Coming to God: First Days'.
Blending the worlds of Earth spirituality with the more `traditional' `religious' must not have been without some setbacks for the poet in, `More Beautiful Than the Honey Locust Tree Are the Words of the Lord':
"I had such a longing for virtue, for company.
I wanted Christ to be as close as the cross I wear.
I wanted to read and serve, to touch the altar linen.
Instead I went back to the woods where not a single tree
turns its face away."
Book Review: Deep Gratitude
Summary: 5 Stars
Each of Mary Oliver's poems reflects her deep gratitude for all of the experiences of life: the 'good' and the 'bad'. I found 'Thirst' to be incredibly uplifting. I highly recommend it.Book Review: Profound and Touching
Summary: 5 Stars
I have long admired the works of Mary Oliver. Her clarity comes from some deep, mystical spring that feeds her spirit and in turn allows her to feed ours, as well.
A joyful read.