Title:
Twelve moons
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
1979
Publication Information:
New York : Little, Brown, [1979]
©1979.
Physical Description:
xiii, 77 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780316650014
9780316650007
9780316191487
Abstract:
"In her fourth volume of poetry, Twelve Moons, Mary Oliver continues to explore the alluring, yet well-nigh inaccessible kingdoms of nature and human relationships, and man's profound, persistent desire for a joyous union with them. These vibrant, magical poems pulse with an aching awareness of nature's unaffected beauty ... Her absorbing intimate vision leads us into the natural and human kingdoms we only fleetingly grasp"-- Back cover.
General Note:
Poems.
Contents:
Sleeping in the forest -- Mussels -- The lamb -- Pink moon: the pond -- The black snake -- Spring -- Flower moon: how she travels -- Stone poem -- The fawn -- The fish -- Strawberry moon -- The Truro bear -- Raccoons -- Entering the kingdom -- Lil -- Turtles -- Music lessons -- Buck moon: from the field guide to insects -- Dreams -- Bats -- Two horses -- Sharks -- Sturgeon moon: the death of Meriwether Lewis -- Swamp -- Harvest moon: the mockingbird sings in the night -- The lamps -- Poem for my father's ghost -- Aerialists -- Looking for mushrooms -- Bone poem -- Aunt leaf -- At Blackwater Pond -- Hunter's moon: eating the bear -- Last days -- Winter sleep -- Sunday morning, high tide -- Beaver moon: the suicide of a friend -- The black walnut tree -- For Eleanor -- Storm -- Cold moon: Hannah's children -- Stark County holidays -- Christmas poem -- Snakes in winter -- Wolf moon -- Neutralities -- The night traveler -- Winter trees -- Snow moon: black bear gives birth -- A blessing -- Worm moon.
Subject Term:
Genre:
Language:
English