A column I wrote about my dog, Gracie, was recently published and I've been pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of kind words and support from readers. As I explained, Gracie has degenerative ...

Q Do you happen to know the name of the Jimmy Stewart poem that appeared in Reader’s Digest about his old dog who died? It would be comforting to read it again since we’re about to lose our ...

Dear Annie: You printed an essay about a year ago regarding the loss of a pet from the pet's point of view. I'm sorry, but that's all I remember. I recall the way that poem made me feel. I hope you ...

I like the look of candy canes sitting in a jar at Christmas time. I use them as decorations on wrapped packages and as ornaments on the tree. I rarely eat them. Neither do the two other human members ...

Magdalena Zurawski’s intrepid use of caesura — a pause in a line of poetry — reinforces the theme of disciplined attention in “[Dog Is a Way of Thinking].” The poem’s frequent midline interruptions of ...

Dear Annie: Several years ago, you printed a piece from a reverend about a dog who had died. My own precious Poochie died yesterday after being hit by a car. I am having a hard time. I miss him so ...

Boys grow up as free-wandering as neighborhood dogs. Adults live at the edge of lives grim as spit in gin. Dreams skate past as elusively as skittish blackbirds. These images amaze and meander ...

Like reading a poem about a dog while being accompanied by a man playing the cello. It is Bill Murray at his finest. #BillMurray reading a poem about a dog is something you never knew you needed…until ...

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