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Dog Songs: Poems

Mary Oliver

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anything by mary olliver is a delight to read. i especially felt the call to read this after losing my own dog & it made me a little more hopeful

What would this world be like without dogs?

I don’t read many books of poetry but I knew I had to read poetry about dogs and was pleased with this quick read.

A favorite quotes from the poem “Ropes” where Sammy the dog kept breaking his leash and generally was a runner: “or maybe it’s about the wonderful things that may happen if you break the ropes that are holding you.”
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absolutely lovely collection of poetry all about the love mary oliver has for dogs. very beautiful and very inspiring to me.

Sweet poems about both Mary Oliver’s dogs and a few about dogs in general. After having lost my boy Jack at 14 1/2, it was a bittersweet read. Reading these poems felt spiritual and reminded me that “dog” is “god” spelled backwards.
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