Mary Oliver teaches us the profound act of paying attention - a living wonder that makes it possible to appreciate all the others. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. The New York Times recently acknowledged Mary Oliver as "far and away, this country's best-selling poet. There is such an ineffable sadness to Oliver's unwillingness to share this news with the horses, as if they exist in a different realm where such tragedy could not occur, would be outlandish. Whether considering a bird’s nest, the seeming patience of oak trees or the paintings of Franz Marc, Mary Oliver reminds us of the transformative power of attention and how much can be contained within the smallest moments.

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I’ll sip, and sometimes gulp, these poems along with her previous ones, and I’ll trust that she continues to take her long walks with her notebook and pen in her pocket so that soon I’ll have more to savor. Herons, sparrows, owls and kingfishers flit across the page in meditations on love, artistry and impermanence. Blue Horses asks what it truly means to belong to this world and to live in it attuned to all its changes. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall).She explains what I am looking for, what I am finding in her poetry, in the aptly named “What We Want” it is “something inexplicable made plain. New York Times Book ReviewMary Oliver teaches us the profound act of paying attention - a living wonder that makes it possible to appreciate all the others. I adore the strong colours, the sinuous shape of the horses, the way they are both separate and somehow seem to meld together.