Dog Prose Poetry Poems

Original blue- haired Alice rewrote the story
Wearing a gown she constructed from linseed
With lace sleeves cut from a summer shawl
Possibly her grandmother’s favorite garment

She popped...

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Peanuts slowly slid between the old man's fingers as he watched.
Unaware, his long time patrons smiled and greeted him as they passed.
The music stopping abruptly,
he...

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When Daddy brought Serena a wolf pup
He did not realize what would happen
When the pup grew up and became her guardian

Serena did not have to...

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I was having one of “those” mornings
being all boo-hoo 
and feeling sorry for myself
just counting the ways 
that things were so uncool
when my ole hound-dog...

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here you go.
Have a sedative.
No wait! That’s mine!
It was given to me by a doctor fine.

Here’s a lithium.
That might calm you down a bit.
No wait....

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Elizabeth Ann "Liz" Sherman is a fictional character in the Hellboy Comic book
series. She is human.  Born in Kansas City, USA,  She was...

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The Raven
I sat on the terrace over the kitchen, taking the sun
when a raven came, sat on the railing, eyeing me
It decided I was not...

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He starts out with arrogance that could kill a dinosaur.
His pompous attitude blowing up his head like a rooster’s comb. 
But when the rest go...

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Harvest Fest’s Annual fair is the place we are heading today
Maisy my dog is totally excited, she loves the children.
My own are grown and have...

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I used a wrench to tighten the seat on 
an old fashioned bike today.

Little blonde woven basket, a bell-a ladies bike. Tomorrow 

I will ride...

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The expert hunter doesn't cling.
Not having a dog, he hunts with
his cat... not having a cat,
he hunts with his duck, without
duck hunting with mouse...
- mouse...?
-...

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the nosy dog
that the street guards
is the cat's enemy...
Sinuous, cheeky cat...
On the roof is sovereign...
Dog and cat,
- captive animals-
of man are friends,
the man who is...

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I had the easiest time letting go of my oldest.
She and I were not getting along any more. 
I had to drag her to college...

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We have fed, wooed, wined and dined a stray dog for two days.
My husband Joe, who is a sucker for dogs, named him Brownie.
This stray,...

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I claimed ---and passionately---
that I'd never have a small dog, 
much less one with "poo" in its name.
Not for me yappy Yorkies, shivering Chihuahuas,
shaky Shih...

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