The Lilies Break Open Over The Dark Water

By Mary Oliver

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Issue: Autumn 1987 / Volume 63/4
Published: December 2, 2008
Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver (1935 – 2019) was the author of more than fifteen collections of poetry, including Blue Horses (Penguin, 2014); New and Selected Poems, Volume One (Beacon, 1992), which won the National Book Award; House of Light (Beacon, 1990), which won the Christopher Award and the L. L. Winship/PEN New...

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