Darling, I Love You: Poems from the Hearts of Our Glorious Mutts and All Our Animal Friends PDF
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2 3 PENGUIN BOOKS DARLING, I LOVE YOU DANIELLADINSKY isoneofthemostsuccessfullivingwriters in the worldworking with poetry. His work has reached millionsofpeople.DaniellivedinIndiaforsixyears,where hevolunteeredinarural clinic,freetothepoor,andwas astudentoftheessenceandunity ofall faiths. Ladinsky’s otherPenguinbooksincludeTheGift,LovePoemsfromGod, TheSubjectTonightIsLove,IHeardGodLaughing,AYearwith Hafiz,andhisRumicollection,ThePurityofDesire.Once, when Daniel was asked a reason for his accomplishments andwhetherhehadanyadviceforotherartists,hequoteda linefromanoldBroadwaymusicalthatwent,“You’vegotta haveheart,milesandmilesandmilesofheart!” PATRICK MCDONNELL is the creator of the comic strip MUTTS,whichdebutedin1994andappearsinoverseven hundrednewspapersintwenty-twocountries.MUTTShas beenanthologizedintwenty-fivebooksintheUnitedStates andinnumerouscollectionsthroughouttheworld.Hehas created adozen children’s books, including the Caldecott Honor–winningMe . . . Jane,abiographyofJaneGoodall, and the New York Times bestselling The Gift of Nothing. McDonnell collaborated with Eckhart Tolleon Guardians ofBeing:SpiritualTeachingsfromOurDogsandCats.Heisa memberoftheboardofdirectorsoftheHumaneSocietyof theUnitedStates,theFundforAnimals,andtheCharlesM. SchulzMuseum. 4 Darling, I Love You Poems from the Hearts of Our Glorious Mutts and All Our Animal Friends DANIEL LADINSKY Illustratedby PATRICK McDONNELL PENGUIN BOOKS 5 PENGUIN BOOKS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN LOVERS AnimprintofPenguinRandomHouseLLC 375HudsonStreet NewYork,NewYork10014 Ihavebeenworkingwiththefourteenth-centuryPersianpoet penguin.com Hafizfortwenty-five years,alongwithothergreatpoet-saints Textcopyright©2017byDanielLadinsky EastandWest.Someofmyworkwiththemappearsinmybest- Illustrationscopyright©2017byPatrickMcDonnell sellingPenguinanthology,LovePoemsfromGod.Itrytobringto Penguinsupportscopyright.Copyrightfuelscreativity,encouragesdiverse lifetheirwonderfulspiritandrevealsomethingoftheirremark- voices,promotesfreespeech,andcreatesavibrantculture.Thankyouforbuying ablegivingheartandvitalcompassion,andtheirgiftofgeniusto anauthorizededitionofthisbookandforcomplyingwithcopyrightlawsby notreproducing,scanning,ordistributinganypartofitinanyformwithout theworld,asRalphWaldoEmersonandGoetheattemptedwith permission.YouaresupportingwritersandallowingPenguin Hafiz.Hafizwasamasterofwit,profundity,andlove,andafew tocontinuetopublishbooksforeveryreader. linesofhis,asrenderedbyme,seemappropriatehere: “TheSacraments,”“FirstHeLookedConfused,”and“DoesEveryCreatureHave aSoul?”appearedinLovePoemsfromGod:TwelveSacredVoicesfromtheEast Artisaconversationbetweenlovers, andWest(PenguinBooks).Copyright©2002byDanielLadinsky. artcanopenthedoortomanysuns. “TheAnointment,”“OneRegret,”and“Adios”appearedinAYearwithHafiz: DailyContemplations(PenguinBooks).Copyright©2011byDanielLadinsky. Artcanstirthedivinesilenceinthe “JustSitThere”appearedinTheSubjectTonightIsLove:60WildandSweetPoems soultosinginanecstaticapplause. ofHafiz(PenguinBooks).Copyright©2003byDanielLadinsky. Thebeautyofartisithelpsustoknow EbookISBN:9780525503705 ourownwonder,andthatinallthatis. LIBRARYOFCONGRESSCATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Names:Ladinsky,DanielJames,author.|McDonnell,Patrick,1956–illustrator. Maysomethinginthissweetandbeautifulbookaidyourwings Title:Darling,Iloveyou:poemsfromtheheartsofourgloriousmuttsand intastingtheskyandtoblessedlysmile.AndIbetRumiand allouranimalfriends/DanielLadinsky;illustratedbyPatrickMcDonnell. Hafiz—andSaintFrancis,whoseworkIhavealsointerpreted— Description:NewYork:PenguinBooks,[2017] Identifiers:LCCN2016032732(print)|LCCN2016036648(ebook)|ISBN wouldhavebowedtodearPatrick,andmaybedo,whoprotectsso 9780143128267(paperback)|ISBN9780698407336(ebook) manyofGod’screatureswithhisgreattalents,andlife. Subjects:LCSH:Human-animalrelationships—Poetry.|Pets—Poetry|BISAC: POETRY/American/General.|PETS/Essays.|HUMOR/Form/Comic —DanielLadinsky Strips&Cartoons. Taos,NewMexico,2016 Classification:LCCPS3612.A365A62017(print)|LCCPS3612.A365(ebook)| DDC811/.6—dc23 SetinBembo DesignbyJeffSchulz 6 WORDS AND PICTURES Comic strips and haiku are, in some ways, kindred spirits. Whetherit’sthreepanelsorseventeensyllables,theycansaya lotwith alittle.Thecartoonist andthepoetbothchipaway attheirworkinordertorevealitsessence.Asyoucontinueto refineand“letgo,”youultimatelydiscoverthattheonlything leftstandingislove. Daniel’s poems magically capture these precious moments of clarityandbliss.Hiswordsbringuspresenceandaninnersmile withthesameeaseandplayfulnessasourbelovedcompanion animals. ItwasajoyandhonortohavetheMUTTSgangbeapartof hisworld. Letthesepoemscurluponyourlapandsootheyourheart. Yep. —PatrickMcDonnell 7 loveisrespecting thebeingswhocan’tspeak andtreatingthem asif they could 8 BegintheBeguine haveyou everheardof ColePorter? iamnotsure? hewrote thatveryfamoussong Begin theBeguine thereisaline inthatsongthat maybeall— 3 9 themountains andtheskyandtherivers andtheoceans andalltheplanets andallthe flowers andalltheforests andallthedeserts andalltheanimals, andallthefields yes,alltheanimals andallthefish— singtous alldaylong,butwejust can’thearthem 4 5 10
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