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It is a Bark and Stormy NightI 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,...
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Categories:
dog, humor,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
blessing, dog, giving,
Form: Free verse
Running with ChumI 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...
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Categories:
dog, father, imagination, pets,
Form: Lyric
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...
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Categories:
dog,
Form: Rhyme
The Mercy DogI 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...
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Categories:
animal, death, dog, feelings,
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
animal, appreciation, dog, words,
Form: Ballad
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!...
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Categories:
cat, dog, pets,
Form: Etheree
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...
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Categories:
dog, humor,
Form: Free verse
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!...
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Categories:
animal, cute, dog, funny,
Form: Limerick
DOGDOG
nose and paws twitching
while running free in dreams…
dogs greet dawn happy...
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Categories:
character, dog, dream, freedom,
Form: Haiku
Salvage A WhirStair 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...
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Categories:
dark, dog, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse
Lost Track of a Ginger SnapGet 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...
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Categories:
animal, dark, death, dog,
Form: Narrative
I'm Just Out For A BitKEY: 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...
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Categories:
dog, appreciation, death of a
Form: Rhyme
can we keep hima 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...
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Categories:
dog,
Form: Light Verse
Good Vibes
Used to be a very strange bed,
Put a quarter in and it would vibrate instead.
I have pups that do the...
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Categories:
12th grade, appreciation, dog,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Dog Poems
Read wonderful dog poetry on the following sub-topics:
cute, death, funny, grief, happy, heaven, kids, love, loss, memorial, old, rhyme, sad, sympathy
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Definition | What is Dog in Poetry?
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