White Pine
Poems and Prose Poems
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 19, 1994
From the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver, a collection of evocative and haunting poetry and prose “Oliver’s poems are...as genuine, moving and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring.” —New York Times In her first collection since winning the National Book Award, Mary Oliver writes of the silky bonds between every person and the natural world, of the delight of writing, of the value of silence.
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- Who it’s for
- A collection that listens closely to the natural world, writing, and the useful quiet of silence.
- Themes
- Human connection with nature, The delight of writing, The value of silence
- Genres
- Nature Poetry, American Poetry, LGBTQ+ Poetry
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From the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver, a collection of evocative and haunting poetry and prose “Oliver’s poems are...as genuine, moving and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring.” —New York Times In her first collection since winning the National Book Award, Mary Oliver writes of the silky bonds between every person and the natural world, of the delight of writing, of the value of silence.
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The collection features the fourteen-part poem “In the Blackwater Woods,” as well as “At the Lake” and the prose poem “Snail.”
Nature and Quiet
A collection that listens closely to the natural world, writing, and the useful quiet of silence.
Come here for
- Poems tracing the close bonds between people and the natural world
- The pleasures of writing, and the value of silence
Expect
- Evocative, haunting poetry and prose poems
- A fourteen-part poem alongside poems and a prose poem
Where it sits
| Nature Poetry | 64% |
|---|---|
| LGBTQ+ Poetry | 54% |
| American Poetry | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Creative Writing
- Nature Writing
- Poetry Anthologies
- Inspirational & Religious Poetry
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- American Poetry
- Nature Poetry
- Women Poets
- Authors
- Mary Oliver
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 19, 1994
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Human connection with nature · The delight of writing · The value of silence
- Reading lane
- Creative Writing