Uncle Dog: The Poet at 9
The irrepressible aliveness and weird wisdom of the father and son series should win it a lasting place in the literature of our day. --The Globe & Mail, Toronto
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- Artist: Robert Sward
- Album: The Collected Poems
- Length: 1:40 minutes (3.84 MB)
- Format: Stereo 44kHz 320Kbps (CBR)
Speaking in the voice of a 9 year old boy on the North Side of Chicago looking out from the back porch of an apartment bldg. at a garbage man and his dog cruising the alley... dog an "uncle", free-ranging, self-possessed, obliged to no one... First appeared in Uncle Dog, Putnam & Co., Ltd. London,1962, much-anthologized...
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* Aberjhani says:
It's a wonderful poem that
It's a wonderful poem that successfully combines humor with a pronounced sense of dignity and nostalgia, and this, Mr. Sward, is a wonderful poem. Enjoyed the very effective recital.
Aberjhani
Founder of Creative Thinkers International
author of The American Poet Who Went Home Again
and Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (Facts on File)
Robert Sward says:
following visit to your website, blog speaking to blog
Enjoying your website... if you're ever in Santa Cruz / Monterey Bay Area, please give us a call. email: robert@robertsward.com Meanwhile, just read your essay on t.s. eliot and was prompted to post one of my own, the two, so to speak, one in dialogue with the other. best, robt.