Bark: Selected Poems About Dogs - Hardcover

Cook, Ferris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0821226649 ISBN 13: 9780821226643

Publisher: Little, Brown US, 2000

Synopsis

Anyone who has known a canine companion will find a finely-illustrated portrait of their friend somewhere in this appealing book. BARK is an uplifting anthology of verse which touches on love, loss, friendship, ageing, death and the beyond - the entire scope of the human condition.

BARK features poetry by Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Louise Gluck, Langston Hughes, Denise Levertov, Philip Levine, James Merrill, W.S. Merwin, Pablo Neruda, Mary Oliver, Dorothy Parker, Adrienne Rich, Rainer Maria Rilke, Charles Simic, Miguel de Unamumo, John Updike, Richard Wilbur, William Carlos Williams, William Wordsworth and more.

Elegantly presented with 37 beautiful charcoal illustrations these poems are the perfect gift for anyone who has ever lived with or loved a dog.

About this title

Book Description:

A winning anthology of poems celebrating dogs, from puppies to old hounds, accompanied by beautiful charcoal illustrations by artist Ferris Cook.

Synopsis:

Anyone who has known a canine companion should find a portrait of his or her friend somewhere in this book. The volume is an anthology of verse which touches on love, loss, friendship, ageing, death and the beyond - the entire scope of the human condition. It features poetry by Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Louise Gluck, Langston Hughes, Denise Levertov, Philip Levine, James Merrill, W.S. Merwin, Pablo Neruda, Mary Oliver, Dorothy Parker, Adrienne Rich, Rainer Maria Rilke, Charles Simic, Miguel de Unamumo, John Updike, Richard Wilbur, William Carlos Williams, William Wordsworth and others. The 30 poems are presented with charcoal illustrations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown US
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0821226649
• ISBN 13: 9780821226643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 80
• Editor: Cook Ferris