Oh, I was dazzled and delighted when this book won the Pulitzer; it is so rare for my favorites to do so. I love Mary Oliver's work, so sinewy and mystic, but with mud at the roots. ( )

It's easy to see why Mary Oliver is a Pulitzer Prize winner. Her words on the simple pleasures of nature strike a beautiful, simplistic chord with the reader. The best poems aren't complex but rather simple. They point out what we already see around us. Mary Oliver just does this better than anyone else. ( )

I like the idea of poems about nature and wildlife, which Mary Oliver explores in this book of poetry. However, I found it very difficult to follow along on a lot of these poems. Often, just as I was beginning to enjoy or understand a poem, it seems that she would change the poem into something totally different and she would lose me. I just had a difficult time understanding where she was trying to go. ( )

Two of my favorites from this collection: "Fall Song" and "Crossing the Swamp" ( )

My favourite of Mary Oliver's poems ... Sensual, immediate, visceral ... Potent with summer imagery and tastes! ( )