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Apr 9, 2011 · Where Does the Dance Begin, Where Does It End? by Mary Oliver. Don't call this world adorable, or useful, that's not it. It's frisky, and a theater for more than fair winds. The eyelash of lightning is neither good nor evil. The struck tree burns like a pillar of gold. But the blue rain sinks, straight to the white.
Don’t call this world adorable, or… It’s frisky, and a theater for mor… The eyelash of lightning is neithe… The struck tree burns like a pilla… But the blue rain sinks, straight…
Mary Oliver - Where Does the Dance Begin, Where Does It End? Don’t call this world adorable, or useful, that’s not it. It’s frisky, and a theater for more than fair winds. The eyelash of lightning is neither good nor evil. The struck tree burns like a pillar of gold. But the blue rain sinks, straight to the white.
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver, Penguin, 2017. ESSAYS and OTHER. A Poetry Handbook, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1994. Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1998. Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays, Beacon (Boston, MA), 2003.
“The dance,” in the case of Oliver’s brief and luminous book, refers to the interwoven pleasures of sound and sense to be found in some of the most celebrated and beautiful poems in the English language, from Shakespeare to Edna St. Vincent Millay to Robert Frost.
Where Does the Dance Begin, Where Does It End? by Mary Oliver. Don't call this world adorable, or useful, that's not it. It's frisky, and a theater for more than fair winds. The eyelash of lightning is neither good nor evil. The struck tree burns like a pillar of gold. But the blue rain sinks, straight to the white.
Jul 27, 1998 · Rules For The Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse. Paperback – July 27, 1998. by Mary Oliver (Author) 4.6 316 ratings. See all formats and editions. Pulitzer-prize winning poet and National Book Award winner, Mary Oliver, provides a graceful manual on the mechanics of poetical composition.
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