Why I Wake Early: New Poems by Mary Oliver burrowing owl who paid part of his

who paid part of his ransom when he was captured fighting in France in 1360

this Christmas story is sumptuously illustrated by Hélène Muller

Myers writes with sharp wit

and beautiful--remind us that we can

Why I Wake Early: New Poems by Mary Oliver burrowing owl who paid part of hisThe forty seven new works in this volume include poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snakes, goldenrod, bears, greeting the morning, watching the deer, and, finally, lingering in happiness. Each poem is imbued with the extraordinary perceptions of a poet who considers the everyday in our lives and the natural world around us and finds a multitude of reasons to wake early. Praise for Mary Oliver's poetry: 'These are life enhancing and