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Dog Poems

Author : Various

Publisher : Serpent's Tail

Page : 101 pages

File Size : 21,49 MB

Release : 2019-10-03

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 1782836209

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Since prehistory, dogs have served as man's best friend, giving us loyalty, assistance and boundless inspiration. Dogs offer comfort and amusement to their owners; they provide solace when we're sad, entertaining antics when we're bored and affection every day. To poets in particular, these beloved creatures are the most bountiful muses, as they bark, yip, hunt, fetch, growl and slumber, reflecting back at us our most heartfelt tenderness and often rewarding us with unconditional love we scarcely deserve. Dog Poems offers a litter of verses in celebration of our most faithful companions by some of the greatest poets of all time.



The Book of Dog Poems

Author : Ana Sampson

Publisher : Laurence King Publishing

Page : 128 pages

File Size : 27,26 MB

Release : 2021-09-07

Category : Pets

ISBN : 9781786279439

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The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state that the dog is full of love. I've also found, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest. 'The Dog' by Ogden Nash The relationship between us humans and our dogs has inspired many of the world's greatest poets. Sometimes funny, sometimes moving, the poems in this beautifully illustrated anthology are a true celebration of the faithful, affectionate, delightful dog. The perfect gift for dog lovers.



Doggerel

Author : Carmela Ciuraru

Publisher : Everyman's Library

Page : 255 pages

File Size : 48,81 MB

Release : 2003-11-11

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 140004037X

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From Chaucer to Billy Collins and from basset hounds to brindle bull terriers, Doggerel presents a robust brood of the most charming verse tributes ever offered to our beloved canine companions. The rich and assorted cadences of some of the most distinguished poets across the centuries ring out from these pages–from Spenser, Shakespeare, and Pope to Merrill, Merwin, and Muldoon–celebrating pooches of every pedigree and persuasion. Here is Margaret Cavendish’s barking chorus of beagles on the hunt; Elizabeth Bishop’s “Pink Dog” alongside Robyn Selman’s “My Dog is Named for Elizabeth Bishop”; Charles Baxter’s villanelle “Dog Kibble,” whose dog-narrator decides that “Life isn’t meaningless because there’s food”; and the desultory charms of Jane Kenyon’s unleashed dog, nuzzling about on a drizzly afternoon. From lazy dogs curled up by the fireplace to audacious hounds howling at the moon, from mutts to purebreds, puppies to old dogs, Doggerel is an irresistible gathering of fast and faithful friends.



Love That Dog

Author : Sharon Creech

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 113 pages

File Size : 18,51 MB

Release : 2002-01-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0747557497

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This is an utterly original and completely beguiling prose novel about a boy who has to write a poem, and then another, and then even more. Soon the little boy is writing about all sorts of things he has not really come to terms with, and astounding things start to happen.



On Dogs

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Publisher : New York Review of Books

Page : 193 pages

File Size : 27,38 MB

Release : 2019-11-05

Category : Pets

ISBN : 1912559153

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Calling all dog-lovers: On Dogs collects essays about man's best friend by Charles Dickens, Vita Sackville-West, Brigitte Bardot, and Shakespeare, among others, with an introduction by acclaimed actor, comedian, and adopter of strays Tracey Ullman. Dogs throughout history have enjoyed a special relationship with humankind, and our favorite four-legged creatures continue to grow in popularity. The writers and poets collected within this anthology reflect on the joys and pitfalls of dog ownership with brilliant wit, insight, and affection. With a heartfelt and humorous introduction by Tracey Ullman (an inveterate adopter of strays), this illustrated anthology traces the canine’s extraordinary journey from working animal to pampered pet. Features six black-and-white dog photographs by acclaimed reportage and portrait photographer Rhian Ap Gruffydd (Gruffpawtraits).



Unleashed

Author : Amy Hempel

Publisher : Crown

Page : 178 pages

File Size : 20,34 MB

Release : 2007-12-18

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 0307422593

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Now in paperback, an irresistible gift for dog lovers: poems from the dogs' point of view, written by the well known writers and poets who love them. List of contributors: Edward Albee, Jennifer Allen, Danny Anderson, Lynda Barry, Rick Bass, Charles Baxter, Robert Benson, Roy Blount, Jr., Ron Carlson, Jill Ciment, Bernard Cooper, Stephen Dobyns, Mark Doty, Stephen Dunn, Anderson Ferrell, Amy Gerstler, Matthew Graham, Ron Hansen, Brooks Haxton, Cynthia Heimel, Amy Hempel, Noy Hollan, Andrew Hudgins, John Irving, Denis Johnson, R.S. Jones, Walter Kirn, Sheila Kohler, Maxine Kumin, Natalie Kusz, Anne Lamott, Gordon Lish, Ralph Lombreglia, Merrill Markoe, Pearson Marx, Erin McGraw, Heather McHugh, Arthur Miller, George Minot, Susan Minot, Honor Moore, Mary Morris, Alicia Muñoz, Elise Paschen, Padgett Powell, Wyatt Prunty, Lawrence Raab, Mark Richard, John Rybicki, Jeanne Schinto, Bob Shacochis, Jim Shepard, Karen Shepard, Lee Smith, Ben Sonnenberg, Kate Clark Spencer, Gerald Stern, Terese Svoboda, William Tester, Abigail Thomas, Lily Tuck, Sidney Wade, Kathryn Walker, William Wegman



Book of Dog

Author : Cleopatra Mathis

Publisher :

Page : 69 pages

File Size : 16,32 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 9781936747474

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Cleopatra Mathis's best book--poems that counter absence with dogs, ducks, and spiders in the wilderness just beyond her back door.



Dog Poems: An Anthology

Author : Various

Publisher : New Directions Publishing

Page : 90 pages

File Size : 11,27 MB

Release : 2021-02-09

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 0811230651

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This handsome gift edition will appeal to anyone who is a dog lover, or a poet, or a poetry lover: in short, just about anyone Our canine companions offer us friendship, love, understanding, all unadulterated. They are our joyful playmates and our furry shoulders to cry on, from the cradle to the grave. This book brings together some of the finest poems on dogs by a range of poets from Diogenes to Dorothy Parker, from Chaucer to Clarice Lispector. Gertrude Stein once said, “I am I because my little dog knows me,” and this collection proves it: with their wit, their wisdom, and their delights, these poems—and the dogs that inspired them—hold up a mirror to our better selves. Whether exploding with the joy of a new puppy or mourning the loss of a tender lifelong friend, growling a critique at the more “civilized” habits of humans or simply spending a day in the life of a favorite pet, these poems offer something to dog lovers, poets, and poetry readers: in short, just about everyone.



Dog Blessings

Author : June Cotner

Publisher : New World Library

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 47,32 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 1577316169

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With heartwarming, funny, silly, and sad tributes, "Dog Blessings" honors the special connection between people and their canine friends. The essays collected here wax eloquent on subjects ranging from dog days at the beach to the lives of rescue and shelter dogs.



Dog Music

Author : Joseph Duemer

Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 39,12 MB

Release : 1997-01-15

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 9780312151133

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The finest collection of poems about dogs ever assembled. From the elegiac, to the contemplative, to the comic, more than 160 poems of Dog Music pay eloquent and heartfelt tribute to man's best friend.



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