This poem by Linda Hogan explores the concept of self-growth and recognizes the potential within us all to be more than we are at any given moment.
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In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman revealed herself as a naturalist who writes with the sensuous immediately of a great poet. Now Jaguar of Sweet Laughter presents the work of a poet with the precise and wondering eye of a gifted naturalist.
The forty-seven new works in this volume include poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snakes, goldenrod, bears, greeting the morning, watching the deer, and, finally, lingering in happiness.
Mary Oliver’s Dog Songs is a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood through the poet’s relationships to the canines that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work.
It’s the story of Tabitha. It’s the story of us. UNTAMED is the flare I threw into the night sky in hopes that we would find each other. AND HERE WE ARE. A group of cheetahs is called a Coalition. WELCOME TO THE COALITION. We can do hard things. And we will.
In Bestiary, Stephen Mitchell has collected animal poems from many ages and many cultures.