Dog Verse Poems

I sit up in my bed. The tiny reading lamp
sends out searchlight rays in my dim-lit
bedroom on this stormy night.  Duggie
the dachshund searches tenaciously
behind...

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Today I learned about the good  that is still in the world!
I received a box from the company I ordered heartworm med
They provided heartworm...

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faces as old and wrinkled as their clothing
a metered gait adjusted to combined needs
gnarled hands held, as always, in support
the sun welcomes their warm-faced smiles

sounds...

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When you looked at me 
Like I was the only one 
I could not help but hope 
That it was all true 
That you had...

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I watched a dog sweep across the land where no man stands:
So delicate in his every step. He manoeuvred across it
With very little fault, and...

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Some may say grand dragon others grand wizard either or it began in 60s everything was a bit chaotic the death of John f Kennedy...

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It doesn’t seem possible I tell myself –
eleven years already and going on twelve!
I suppose I should have a party – a piece

of prime beef...

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Stair carefully dear into the unknown abyssal void.

Pier was once past and now rotted and rictus, petrified.

Hue manatee threaded ten den and garnet.

Ruby teardrops and...

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We sat at a bench near a wide big meadow.
While seeing the dog drinking some water from the lake not hearing him drinking at all,...

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My mind has been spinning, since toxin contamination
I have been caught in a web of deception and corruption
Searching the landscape, for words to describe this...

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George Rodrigue never expected the Blue Dog to be his ticket to fame
But it is, and it has never stopped
If you were one of the...

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(Pema the intrepid, 2017)

Lessons From a Dog 

Relax the trying
To do
Or become
And simply be
Aware, alert
And always ready
For what’s to come.

Without effort
There is
Supreme accomplishment.

(5/11/24)
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It all came crashing down around us
Someone had to fire the first shot
He wasn’t happy
You killed him, that’s all wrong
The first shot is always a...

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a golden retriever puppy would be perfect for a Christmas photo.
Let’s get one out of the pound and take some selfies.
The husband liked the idea...

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Have Yorkie Elf a merry little Christmas.
Was that elf on the shelf?
Santa’s workshop elf?
No, Yorkie Elf.

What does it mean?
I think it’s an elf from New...

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