My friend Becca gave me a book of poetry called Dream Work by Mary Oliver. I finished reading the poems today. Definitely worth a look, I really enjoyed them. Many of the poems had notes of sadness but each had some centering core that pulled you out of the harried world we live in at the moment. It then changed the point of view and placed you back in the world. The feelings that I experienced while contemplating this perspective change is why I enjoyed these poems. Further, it’s why I like poetry in general. To me, poems are like the shortest of short stories, and they must create or recover a deep emotion quickly.

My favorite poems from this collection were: Wild Geese, Members of the Tribe, The Journey, Sunrise, The Waves, Acid, The Moths, and Coming Home.