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Thirst

Name: Thirst
ISBN: 0807068977

: Poems

Thirst, a collection of fortythree new poems from Pulitzer Prizewinner Mary Oliver, introduces two new directions in the poet's work. Grappling with grief at the death of her beloved partner of over forty years, she strives to experience sorrow as a path

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“That time I thought I could not go any closer to grief without dying I went closer, and I did not die.”

— Mary Oliver, amazon.com

Tagged: Darkness, painful things, Death, Grief

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too was a gift.”

— Mary Oliver, amazon.com

Tagged: Pain, Sadness, Challenges, Gift, Blessing in disguise