Dog Songs: Poems

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Percy needed love in the wakeful hours of the night and was "wild with the okayness" of being formidably cuddled and loved by human hands.I sit down to be with him," wrote novelist Doris Lessing of one of her beloved cats, "It means slowing myself down, getting rid of the fret and urgency . Songs are melodies that capture the dancing, vibrant, binding love that animals pull from us and give to us. This brevity of our being is revisited courtesy of celebrated poet Mary Oliver in the trailing lines.

We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. People who have not only forged our world with curiosity and compassion but also plunged deeply into themselves. Dog Songs showcases the power and depth of the human-animal exchange, a perspective with extraordinary vision. Writing of the reciprocal displays of affection between humans and their best friends, Oliver describes: "'Tell me you love me,' he says.

Then they would all arrive— Ben, his pals, maybe an unknown dog or two, all of them thirsty and happy. It is not the least reason why we should honour as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. Dog Songs are American poet Mary Oliver's (September 10, 1935 - January 17, 2019) poetic reminiscences.

Her poetry is "an excellent antidote for the excesses of civilization, for too much hurry and inattention, and the baroque conventions of our social and professional lives. But I want to extol not the sweetness nor the placidity of the dog, but the wilderness out of which he cannot step entirely, and from which we benefit.The poems in 'Dog Songs' begin in the small everyday moments familiar to all dog lovers and become, through her extraordinary vision, meditations on the world and our place in it. The dog would remind us of the pleasures of the body with its graceful physicality, and the acuity and rapture of the senses, and the beauty of forest and ocean and rain and our own breath. The popularity of [Dog Songs] feels as inevitable and welcome as a wagging tail upon homecoming’ Boston GlobeIn Dog Songs, Mary Oliver celebrates the special bond between human and dog, as understood through her connection to the dogs who across the years accompanied her on her daily walks, warmed her home and inspired her work. You may not agree, you may not care, but if you are holding this book you should know that of all the sights I love in this world - and there are plenty - very near the top of the list is this one: dogs without leashes. Oliver, who ensured her employment contract included room for the dog; Oliver, who rebuilt worn fences and replaced chewed ropes; Oliver, who compared love for a dog to music.