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The Leaf and the Cloud

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An astonishing book-length poem in seven parts from the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

With piercing clarity and craftsmanship, Mary Oliver has fashioned an unforgettable poem of questioning and discovery, about what is observable and what is not, about what passes and what persists.

"It's hard to imagine anyone putting down Oliver's book-length poem and not sighing with satisfaction, so sensible is every word and thought." --Virginia Quarterly Review

ISBN-13: 9780306810732

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Hachette Books

Publication Date: 10-17-2001

Pages: 72

Product Dimensions: 7.00(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

Born in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28. Over the course of her long career, she received numerous awards. Her fourth book, American Primitive, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She led workshops and held residencies at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. She was the author of more than twenty books, including The Leaf and the Cloud and Long Life. Her many accolades include the National Book Award. She died in 2019.

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Chapter One


    Flare


    1.


    Welcome to the silly, comforting poem.

It is not the sunrise,
which is a red rinse,
which is flaring all over the eastern sky;<

Table of Contents

Flare 1
Work 9
From The Book of Time 17
Riprap 25
Rhapsody 33
Gravel 37
Evening Star 47
Acknowledgments 55