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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

Beloved by her readers, special to the poet's own heart, Mary Oliver's dog poems open a window into her world. Collecting cherished poems together with new works, Dog Songs captures Oliver's relationships to the companions that have warmed her home and inspired her work. These poems of love and laughter, heartbreak and grief, are a testament to the power and depth of the human-animal exchange