Whether by way of inheritanceтАФas in her poem about the HolocaustтАФor through a painful glimpse into the presentтАФas in "Acid," a poem about an injured boy begging in the streets of IndonesiaтАФthe events and tendencies of history take on a new importance here. More deeply than in her previous volumes, the sensibility behind these poems has merged with the world. Mary Oliver's willingness to be joyful continues, deepened by self-awareness, by experience, and by choice.