Why I Wake Early: New Poems by Mary Oliver brothers He's a big red engine

He's a big red engine

The Wild Swans at Coole (1919)

and quips on everything from the creative process to the struggles of brainstorming to the need for perseverance

" --Christian Science Monitor

Why I Wake Early: New Poems by Mary Oliver brothers He's a big red engineThe forty seven new works in this volume include poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snakes, goldenrod, bears, greeting the morning, watching the deer, and, finally, lingering in happiness. Each poem is imbued with the extraordinary perceptions of a poet who considers the everyday in our lives and the natural world around us and finds a multitude of reasons to wake early. Praise for Mary Oliver's poetry: 'These are life enhancing and