Owls and Other Fantasies by Mary Oliver {a book review}
February 3, 2022
I originally bought this because I enjoyed another poetry book of Oliver’s and because I loved the title. I was delighted to find that various birds were actually the theme of this entire volume!
I love birds. They’re my favorite creatures in general, so I found each poem to be perfectly lovely. But the poetry here somehow manages to be about life, death, art, beauty, and grief, even when on the surface it seems to be just a lovely description of one bird or another. It’s deep, sweet, and touching. This is certainly a new favorite, and I will be rereading it often.
