SOURCE: "Meditative Gazing on Contemporary Poetry," in The Southern Review, Vol. 30, No. 3, Summer, 1994, pp. 638-40.
In the following excerpt, Hosmer reviews New and Selected Poems and praises Oliver's work for its simplicity and clarity.
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