Book Review: House of Light by Mary Oliver

Rating: 4 stars of 5

Mary Oliver is one of my very favorite poets. Her work is beautiful and I love the way she paints pictures of the natural world with words. Reading her poetry always leaves me in a state of content reflection.

House of Light is a collection of poems largely centered around the theme of animals, though other elements of nature are represented as well. This volume includes her poem, “The Summer Day,” which features perhaps her most famous line of poetry:

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”

I have read other Mary Oliver collections that I loved more than this one (hence the four stars rather than five), but I did thoroughly enjoy reading it and would recommend it to other readers.

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