Well look at this! A poet who recently published a collection of poems about dogs! Mary Oliver's Dog Songs tops my Christmas list this year. After all, dogs, poems and Christmas are three of my favorite things.
The little blurb on Amazon describes the book as a collection of her "most cherished poems together with new works, offering a portrait of Oliver's relationship to the companions that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work...Throughout, the many dogs of Oliver's life emerge as fellow travelers, but also as guides, spirits capable of opening our eyes to the lessons of the moment and the joys of nature and connection."
Sounds worth a read for many reasons. Might even be a good gift idea for all those other people I know that are (perhaps a bit more healthily) obsessed with their hounds.
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