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Dog Poems | Examples of Dog Poetry

Dog Poems - Examples of all types of dog poetry to share and read. This list of dog poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of dog poetry. This list of works about dog is an excellent resource for examples on how to write dog poems.
Premium Member It is a Bark and Stormy Night
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 my back, into my embroidered pillow. He is, above all,...Read the rest...
Categories: dog, humor,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A BLESSING
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 med for my dog Bella, for years I had ordered some...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, dog, giving,
Form: Free verse
Running with Chum
I rowed a boat into a lake, to clear my head from feeling addled. I forgot my big brown dog Chum, but after me he paddled. A loyal shadow in the water, but my eyes just looked...Read the rest...
Categories: dog, father, imagination, pets,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member COOPER
We first saw Cooper on our morning walk…and had the chance to meet when, with tail wagging, he ran up to us as we walked along the street. We imagine he ventured from his yard…deciding instead his...Read the rest...
Categories: dog,
Form: Rhyme
The Mercy Dog
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 he didn’t worry for the mud That clung his feet like...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, death, dog, feelings,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Puppy Love
"over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ... Samual Taylor Coleridge There lived no better heart to know. His love was like a light, Coloring lives in visions of gold, Softest visions, alive, so bold, Beautiful...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, appreciation, dog, words,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Cheery Pets
Tails Wagging Happy barks Contented purrs and cheery meows, Delightful chattering Jumping for joy, elated Jubilant hugs and joyful whines Humorous antics to make us laugh Overjoyed greetings with licks to the face!...Read the rest...
Categories: cat, dog, pets,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member My Dog's Eleventh Year
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 lit with eleven candles. But he’d never get close enough...Read the rest...
Categories: dog, humor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dogtrot
There is only one port-a-pot and all the pups are quite distraught. The largest bladder of all inside a poodle so small! He’s peeing at a full dogtrot!...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, cute, dog, funny,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member DOG
DOG nose and paws twitching while running free in dreams… dogs greet dawn happy...Read the rest...
Categories: character, dog, dream, freedom,
Form: Haiku
Salvage A Whir
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 crimson Damascus drips droplets, like a leak key faucet in the...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, dog, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse
Lost Track of a Ginger Snap
Get in your room now,” as daddy fashioned a gun. Mom grabbed me and her facial expression was undone, something must be wrong, I ask she looked at me and welts started to run, down we hunkered under the...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, dark, death, dog,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member I'm Just Out For A Bit
KEY: N-Neighbor "An armless heart steals the pause that a calming reveals," ... by The Poet He said his peace then looked at his timepiece like he's forgotten supine the sullen skies that spat in his eyes and smiles with...Read the rest...
Categories: dog, appreciation, death of a
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member can we keep him
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 in a way. Can we keep him? He asked. No. Why not? She said...Read the rest...
Categories: dog,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Good Vibes
Used to be a very strange bed, Put a quarter in and it would vibrate instead. I have pups that do the...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, appreciation, dog,
Form: Rhyme

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