01091cam a2200217 4500 1261922965 TxAuBib 060606s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006928745 9780807068960 hardcover : alk. paper 0807068969 hardcover : alk. paper (OCoLC)5832 DLC DLC VA@ OCO BAKER YDXCP BTCTA VP@ LMR UWC AZH NSB SMP TxAuBib Oliver, Mary, 1935- Thirst : poems / by Mary Oliver. 1st ed. Boston : Beacon Press, 2006. 71 p. ; 23 cm. In this collection of 43 new poems the author grapples with grief at the death of her beloved partner of over forty years. She strives to experience sorrow as a path to spiritual progress, grief as part of loving and not it end. She also chronicles for the first time her discovery of faith, without abandoning the love of the physical world that has been a hallmark of her work for four decades. Poetry.