Renowned poet Mary Oliver reads “Little Dog’s Rhapsody in the Night” from her collection of new and favorite poems, Dog Songs, celebrating the dogs that have enriched her world.
Little Dog’s Rhapsody in the Night
He puts his cheek against mine
and makes small, expressive sounds.
And when I’m awake, or awake enough
he turns upside down, his four paws
in the air
and his eyes dark and fervent.
“Tell me you love me,” he says.
“Tell me again.”
Could there be a sweeter arrangement? Over and over
he gets to ask.
I get to tell.
Here are two other dog poems by Mary Oliver posted on Words for the Year: The Sweetness of Dogs and I Ask Percy How I Should Live My Life.
Read about Mary Oliver (1935-2019) and her astonishing poetry in this memorial acknowledgment to her poetic legacy. It contains links to articles, interviews, and poetry readings, as well as many of her favorite poems I’ve loved and posted over the years.
Tags: dogs, Mary Oliver, pets, poems about dogs
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September 14, 2021 at 8:09 pm |
[…] Trees, Lingering In Happiness, At Blackwater Pond, Don’t Hesitate, Mockingbirds, Messenger, Little Dog’s Rhapsody in the Night, and When Death Comes, which was included here in her obituary posted on Jan 17, […]
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September 15, 2021 at 10:05 am |
Sweet!
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September 16, 2021 at 4:42 pm |
That’s lovely, so sweet. Really captures that tender relationship we have with the 4-legged members of our families.
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