"Oliver is a cool and modest presence in the world her poems summon. Sometimes, she is a festively whimsical one. But neither her modesty nor her shows of whimsy are more interesting than the deft, clear, unpredictable path she traces between them." -- Publishers Weekly

"Oliver's poems are thoroughly convincing - as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring." -- New York Times

"Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep;it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations." -- Stanley Kunitz