'Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?'
One of America's best loved poets, Mary Oliver is also among nature's most brilliant and devoted observers, whose words ask us to live with our eyes open wider. This luminous selection brings together her best-known works from across her career.
'Oliver's poems are … as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring' New York Times Book Review
'Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing' Stanley Kunitz
'Just a few seemingly simple phrases perfectly express what we need to know just then, in that moment' Oprah Winfrey
'It doesn't feel like you have to take a seminar in order to understand Mary Oliver's poetry. She's speaking directly to you as a human being' Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker
| ISBN: | 9780241810187 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2026 |
| Author: | Mary Oliver |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 608 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards) |
'Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life?'One of America's best loved poets, Mary Oliver is also among nature's most brilliant and devoted observers, whose words ask us to live with our eyes open wider. This luminous selection brings together her best-known works from across her career.'Oliver's poems are … as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring' New York Times Book Review'Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing' Stanley Kunitz'Just a few seemingly simple phrases perfectly express what we need to know just then, in that moment' Oprah Winfrey'It doesn't feel like you have to take a seminar in order to understand Mary Oliver's poetry.
Selected Poems features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
Paperback. £13.49, down from the £14.99 cover price. In Stock.
Selected Poems was written by Mary Oliver and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Selected Poems has 608 pages
£13.49, reduced from £14.99. In Stock.