Category: Misc. Non-fiction, Poetry
Language: EnglishKeywords: Animals Dogs Essays Nature
Written by Mary Oliver
Read by Mary Oliver
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
A New York Times best-selling poetry collection, featuring both Dog Songs and A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliverâs Dog Songs is a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood through the poetâs relationships to the canines that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work. Oliverâs poems begin in the small everyday moments familiar to all dog lovers, but through her extraordinary vision, these observations become higher meditations on the world and our place in it.
Dog Songs includes visits with old friends, like Oliverâs beloved Percy, and introduces still others in poems of love and laughter, heartbreak and grief. Throughout, the many dogs of Oliverâs life merge as fellow travelers and as guides, uniquely able to open our eyes to the lessons of the moment and the joys of nature and connection.
In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her lifeâs work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Whether studying the leaves of a tree or mourning her treasured dog Percy, Oliver is open to the teachings contained in the smallest of moments and explores with startling clarity, humor, and kindness the mysteries of our daily experience.
Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
Release date: 03-06-14
A New York Times best-selling poetry collection, featuring both Dog Songs and A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliverâs Dog Songs is a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood through the poetâs relationships to the canines that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work. Oliverâs poems begin in the small everyday moments familiar to all dog lovers, but through her extraordinary vision, these observations become higher meditations on the world and our place in it.
Dog Songs includes visits with old friends, like Oliverâs beloved Percy, and introduces still others in poems of love and laughter, heartbreak and grief. Throughout, the many dogs of Oliverâs life merge as fellow travelers and as guides, uniquely able to open our eyes to the lessons of the moment and the joys of nature and connection.
In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her lifeâs work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Whether studying the leaves of a tree or mourning her treasured dog Percy, Oliver is open to the teachings contained in the smallest of moments and explores with startling clarity, humor, and kindness the mysteries of our daily experience.
Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
Release date: 03-06-14