← Mary OliverThirstby Mary OliverPoems on longing, thirst, and spiritual seekingFind on Amazon↗About the authorMary OliverAmerican poet whose nature poetry won the Pulitzer Prize for American Primitive in 1984 and the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems in 1992. Her work is among the most widely read contemporary poetry.More by Mary OliverNo Voyage and Other Poems→American PrimitiveNature poems celebrating wilderness and ordinary American landscapes→New and Selected PoemsRepresentative retrospective of Oliver's spiritual nature poetry→White PineEssays celebrating presence and attention to the natural world→