Dog Songs : thirty-five dog songs and one essay /

"Beloved by her readers, special to the poet's own heart, Mary Oliver's dog poems offer a special window into her world. Dog Songs collects some of the most cherished poems together with new works, offering a portrait of Oliver's relationship to the companions that have accompani...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oliver, Mary, 1935-2019 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • How it begins
  • How it is with us, and how it is with them
  • If you are holding this book
  • Every dog's story
  • The Storm (Bear)
  • Conversations - -Luke's junkyard song
  • Luke
  • Her grave
  • Benjamin, who came from who knows where
  • The dog has run off again
  • Holding on to Benjamin
  • The poetry teacher
  • Bazougey
  • Ropes
  • Percy
  • School
  • Little Dog's rhapsody in the night
  • Time passes
  • Untitled
  • Percy wakes me
  • The sweetness of dogs
  • Percy speaks while I am doing taxes
  • Percy, waiting for Ricky
  • Percy (2002-2009)
  • For I will consider my dog Percy
  • The first time Percy came back
  • Ricky talks about talking
  • The wicked smile
  • The traveler
  • Show time
  • A bad day
  • Henry
  • How a lot of us become friends
  • You never know where a conversation is going to go
  • Dog talk.