--- product_id: 221656 title: "New and Selected Poems, Volume One" price: "€ 34.11" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/221656-new-and-selected-poems-volume-one store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # New and Selected Poems, Volume One **Price:** € 34.11 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** New and Selected Poems, Volume One - **How much does it cost?** € 34.11 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/221656-new-and-selected-poems-volume-one) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems, Volume One. Since its initial appearance it has become one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the country. This collection features thirty poems published only in this volume as well as selections from the poet's first eight books. Mary Oliver's perceptive, brilliantly crafted poems about the natural landscape and the fundamental questions of life and death have won high praise from critics and readers alike. "Do you love this world?" she interrupts a poem about peonies to ask the reader. "Do you cherish your humble and silky life?" She makes us see the extraordinary in our everyday lives, how something as common as light can be "an invitation/to happiness,/and that happiness,/when it's done right,/is a kind of holiness,/palpable and redemptive." She illuminates how a near miss with an alligator can be the catalyst for seeing the world "as if for the second time/the way it really is." Oliver's passionate demonstrations of delight are powerful reminders of the bond between every individual, all living things, and the natural world. Review: Loved - One of the best books Review: She Is A Sublime Witness To The Natural World! - Mary Oliver overwhelms my visual and auditory senses with her language; it is precise and controlled; her imagery is brilliant. Using carefully chosen words she captures the "essence" of living things in the natural world. Each work is masterful and seems a deep meditation that leaves a reader feeling refreshed and somehow privy to a personal, even private part of the poet as an investigator and witness to nature and its secrets. Each time I read one of her poems I feel as if she is inviting me into the woods with her to witness the natural world in all of its sacredness. I have yet to read a poem of hers that disappointed me. Her mood-infused poem "Rain" (the first poem in the book) is sublime; and "Mushrooms" is glorious! Read "Mushrooms" slowly and listen to the language; see the imagery in the mind: Rain, and then the cool pursed lips of the wind draw them out of the ground--- red and yellow skulls pummeling upward through leaves, through grasses, through sand; astonishing in their suddenness, their quietude, their wetness, they appear on fall mornings, some balancing in the earth on one hoof packed with poison, others billowing chunkily, and delicious--- those who know walk out to gather, choosing the benign from flocks of glitterers, sorcerors, russulas, panther caps, shark-white death angels in their torn veils looking innocent as sugar but full of paralysis: to eat is to stagger down fast as mushrooms themselves when they are done being perfect and overnight slide back under the shining fields of rain. My God! I don't think that even a mushroom would know itself in that way. She is a sublime witness to the natural world. Mary Oliver is one of my favorite poets -- and let me tell you, I don't have many "favorite poets". I recommend this poetry collection to you! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #12,855 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #17 in Poetry by Women #31 in Environmentalism #38 in American Poetry (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,050 Reviews | ## Images ![New and Selected Poems, Volume One - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Q7eF9g2aL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved *by A***R on July 14, 2026* One of the best books ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ She Is A Sublime Witness To The Natural World! *by G***E on December 15, 2005* Mary Oliver overwhelms my visual and auditory senses with her language; it is precise and controlled; her imagery is brilliant. Using carefully chosen words she captures the "essence" of living things in the natural world. Each work is masterful and seems a deep meditation that leaves a reader feeling refreshed and somehow privy to a personal, even private part of the poet as an investigator and witness to nature and its secrets. Each time I read one of her poems I feel as if she is inviting me into the woods with her to witness the natural world in all of its sacredness. I have yet to read a poem of hers that disappointed me. Her mood-infused poem "Rain" (the first poem in the book) is sublime; and "Mushrooms" is glorious! Read "Mushrooms" slowly and listen to the language; see the imagery in the mind: Rain, and then the cool pursed lips of the wind draw them out of the ground--- red and yellow skulls pummeling upward through leaves, through grasses, through sand; astonishing in their suddenness, their quietude, their wetness, they appear on fall mornings, some balancing in the earth on one hoof packed with poison, others billowing chunkily, and delicious--- those who know walk out to gather, choosing the benign from flocks of glitterers, sorcerors, russulas, panther caps, shark-white death angels in their torn veils looking innocent as sugar but full of paralysis: to eat is to stagger down fast as mushrooms themselves when they are done being perfect and overnight slide back under the shining fields of rain. My God! I don't think that even a mushroom would know itself in that way. She is a sublime witness to the natural world. Mary Oliver is one of my favorite poets -- and let me tell you, I don't have many "favorite poets". I recommend this poetry collection to you! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Re-editon from one of America's Greatest Living Poets *by J***I on May 31, 2004* The only problem with a volume of Mary Oliver's collected poems is that whichever poems end up excluded are likely to be the reader's loss. Such incomparable consistency of craft and soul can be expected, every single time, from Ms. Oliver! That said, no poem here is undeserving of its inclusion, and if it took an anthology like this to have you wonder about reading her for the first time, then thank God for this book. Included here -note that this is only the first volume- are works from her earlier books, all of which are worth buying separately. A particularly important inclusion are the selections of American Primitive, in my opinion her most moving and accomplished collection. Those who adore poems like the glorious "Wild Geese" or were moved by the wisdom of "The Journey," will be happy to know that they are, of course, contained in this volume, along with many others begetting similar acclaim. So, five stars for Ms. Oliver only because I can't give her ten. As far as the publisher, I would have liked a clearer indication that this is the very same edition already published years ago. At least in my case, the additional subtitle -"Volume One"- confused me and led me to buy something I already owned. In the other hand, if such mention indicates the upcoming release of a second volume -specially if more uncollected poems may be part of it, I'll be satisfied and forgiving. For those who own everything by her and do not possess this volume, this is still a valid purchase on the basis of the, once, "new poems" contained and not available anywhere else. Welcome -or welcome back- to the poetry of Mary Oliver. Let these words take your breath away with its exquisite and gently fierce call to opening your heart and be intelligent toward all beings. ## Frequently Bought Together - New and Selected Poems, Volume One - New and Selected Poems: 2 - Devotions: A Read with Jenna Pick: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/221656-new-and-selected-poems-volume-one](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/221656-new-and-selected-poems-volume-one) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-09-09*