Dog List Poems

I search my purse for money or credit cards.
Discovering four brochures from September
Receipts from the veterinarian clinic with dog tags
Twelve poem ideas jotted on a...

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Waiting for
alarm to go off
eyes to open
coffee to perk
shower to heat up
razor to charge 
sunrise
toast to pop
the dog…

The dryer to stop spinning
The cereal to soften
The...

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there's something intrinsically poetic about lists…

1.
bread (wholemeal) 
twelve eggs
solar panels
occasional frogs
corporate lawyers
steam


2.
onions (red) 
tomatoes (finely chopped) 
garlic (four cloves) 
fireman's ladder (aluminium) 
disparity (secretly hidden)...

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junk drawer clean-up is scheduled today
tape
ribbons
rubber bands
pencils
pens
rulers
small notebooks
matches
candles
bungee cords
dog collar
flashlight
wrench
pliers
scissors
maple syrup packets
I need all of these things I think
as I shut the drawer....

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sore throat medicine
eye glasses
left shoe
potted plant
a six-foot tree branch
pieces from someone else’s porch
walnut
stuffing from an Amazon box
things brought into the house
through the doggie door
by our...

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my bucket list expired
I care not
nothing in it interests me
I have poetry, cartooning, dog-raising and painting
they are my go-tos now
I do not want to travel
I...

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Here's 8 things you need so you don't waste the hours you have every 24
1. Success is as quiet as discipline unseen, wins never scream,...

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I sat beneath my bench near my bed, drew a picture for Ms. Pale I wanted to give her.
Mommy came in:,, Honey, for what is...

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I installed a “cat door”
The mice moved out

I changed the door locks
The kids climbed in the window

I decided to try a vegan diet
Now I have...

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CATS AND DOGS DIFFER IN THAT

a. Cats like servants; dogs like rulers
b. Cats bark: Dogs talk
c. Dogs eat plants; Cats eat chickens
d. Dogs are quiet:...

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The prize (Catholic School only)
The statue of some little known saint.

The contest
1.  Guess how many jelly beans are in the jar.

A)	2,865
B)	326 red ones
C)	All of...

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Things to do in 2022
Breathe in – breathe out
Listen more – talk less
Pay attention
To the needs of the undemanding
Look people in the eyes
(it’s all you...

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Hellboy danced with the best of them,
With a record here, though incomplete...
Winning almost all of the time,
What a miraculous feat!


Date Opponent Location Result
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XXxX Hecate L...

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That marmite stuff I’ve never had:

I’ve never had it in a jar. Never had it in a car. How could I? UK is so far!

Not...

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mercurial me
Gemini 
painter
cartoonist 
poet
from the mid west USA
Iowan
a rapidly transplanted nomad
My husband moved me thirty-seven times
I attended eighteen colleges before I received a B.A.
masters degree...

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