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In Blackwater Woods is a free verse poem written by Mary Oliver (1935–2019). The poem was first published in 1983 in her collection American Primitive , which won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize . [ 1 ] The poem, like much of Oliver's work, uses imagery of nature to make a statement about human experience.
Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild.
The first, New and Selected Poems: Volume One, was released in 1992 through Beacon Press. A second, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver , was published in 2017 through Penguin Press. Reviews for both collections were positive and the books received praise from Stephen Dobyns of The New York Times Book Review , Rita Dove , of The ...
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A third notable feature of his work was to do with the inward-turning of his mind, producing a semi-autobiographical take on nature and imagination: his poem The Prelude, he wrote to Dorothy, was "the poem on the growth of my own mind." Rydal Mount, home to Wordsworth 1813–1850. Hundreds of visitors came here to see him over the years
Fellow Pulitzer prize for poetry winner Mary Oliver wrote "Three Poems for James Wright" upon his death, and hundreds of writers gathered annually for decades to pay tribute at the James Wright Poetry Festival held from 1981 through 2007 in Martins Ferry.
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In 1939, the editor revised it, deleting several poems (especially from the late 19th century) that he regretted including and adding instead many poems published before 1901 as well as poems published up to 1918. [1] [2] The second edition is now available online. Various successors have subtly differentiated titles. See Oxford poetry anthologies.