01939cam a2200217 4500 1147859733 TxAuBib ||||||s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780807068793 paperback 0807068799 paperback TxAuBib Oliver, Mary, 1935- Why I wake early : new poems / by Mary Oliver. Boston : Beacon Press, 2004. ix, 71 pages ; 22 cm. Why I wake early -- Bone -- Freshen the flowers, she said -- Where does the temple begin, where does it end? -- Beans -- The arrowhead -- Trout lilies -- The poet goes to Indiana -- The snow cricket -- The lover of earth cannot help herself -- Have you seen blacksnake swimming? -- How everything adores being alive -- Clouds -- Spring at Blackwater : I go through the lessons already learned -- The lily -- Look and see -- This world -- At Black River -- The marsh hawk -- Breakage -- Where does the dance begin, where does it end? -- Snow geese -- What was once the largest shopping center in northern Ohio was built where there had been a pond I used to visit every summer afternoon -- The dovekie -- Something -- Logos -- Bear -- Many miles -- Luna -- ""Just a minute,"" said a voice-- -- This morning I watched the deer -- The old poets of China -- White-eyes -- Yellowlegs -- The best I could do -- The wren from Carolina -- Some things, say the wise ones -- Mindful -- Song of the builders -- Look again -- Goldenrod, late fall -- November -- Daisies -- One -- The soul at last -- The pinewoods -- Lingering in happiness. Features forty new poems that continue to express the poet's fascination and love affair with the natural world. American poetry Women authors. American poetry 20th century. Oliver, Mary, Boston : Beacon Press, 2004 Why I wake early.