Dog Elegy Poems

Dear Griffin,
 I clearly remember the first time we met. Jim had brought you at all of
four months of age to my families summer reunion....

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On his Mum’s lap Charlie sits so quietly 
Cuddling close with a lick for her occasionally 
At other times he is together with Lucy
Exploring their...

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For Harley
Love,
Aunt Meghan

*I wrote this poem for my sister, brother-in-law, niece, and nephews when their beloved dog, Harley, the sweetest chunk of marshmallow dog you...

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A "woof! woof!" shout-out
           goes out to a dearly departed
     ...

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Nature holds the rope

I remember that Thursday
Crystallized in my mind
Like all the intense moments of my life
At the doctor’s with my wife

She had a heart
Why...

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She loves me she loves me not...

Just my luck that when juiced a lad
din grammar school, aye own every
rhyme and reason tubby mad
every friggin time...

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Ice Sleep Quickly...

Slowly counting backwards from one hundred
if restless, yet most every night/early morning,
when tiredness defeats ability to remain alert
though rarely these days no difficulty...

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My poor little guy,
Why did you have to go?
My home is so empty without you.
You are gone in my sight,
But not in my mind.
To many,...

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Robert Frost...A Reflection

No matter corporeal essence
     of Robert Frost bid adieu
from temporal plain approximately
     five and fifty...

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My dog began barking at the air
I began to ask myself 
Was it you? Were you there ?

I thought I heard your voice in my...

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quick figurative brush stroke drawn out character sketch
(serendipitous verisimilitude)

i stand in awe
(with mouth agape) at elegiac, fantastic,
   and graphic idyllic Kinkade magic
 ...

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lids black out and allow me to write
while eyes shut tight
bring back four legged friends sprite
and though many years passed quite

I can remember those precious...

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They said a funny Latin word,
they said that you were dead,
yet merrily you wagged your tail
when I took you to the vet.
 
You were not...

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He said it out loud, as if for them to hear
I think I'm done here
Departure time has drawn near
He said it again, like a song

He...

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Not own dream, weak bones and falling fleash.
                 ...

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