Blue Iris: Poems and Essays by Mary Oliver hepaticas making this an engaging and

making this an engaging and often surprising read for those interested in environmental history

He moved to Paris

and a red barn

This book made me want to pick up my pen and go back to work

Blue Iris: Poems and Essays by Mary Oliver hepaticas making this an engaging andElegantly illustrated, this follow up collection to "Owls and Other Fantasies" brings together ten new poems, two dozen of Oliver's favorite poems, and two previously unpublished essays that capture the "true enchantment" of flowers, weeds, plants, and trees and their magnetic hold. Blue Iris fortuitously offers an extended sequence and new contexts for a writer whose precise eye and instinct for surprising images have made her one of the best