Pat Adams Poet Shape

Beware of Dog Shape

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                             The sign                         (0v0)             |     
                    outside the country                 (_^(_\\           |                      
              store caused the traveler          ====”=”\\==== |
            to be vexed “beware of dog”,                                 |
                 kept him on edge not sure                                |
                         of what would happen                              |
                                 next pushing                                   |
                                    open the old                                 |
                                    wood door He                               |
 ________________quite carefully look-________________|
                               ed around.  There asleep                     \
                             on the dusty floor He beheld                   \
                             a weary old hound "Is that what,              \
                               I'm to beware of?", He asked the             \
                                 owner on the right "He hasn't even         }}
                                  opened his eyes and doesn't seem likely to
                                  bite" "Oh         he would  not bite anyone,"\
                               The owner            said, with a grin, "We        \
                              just put               up the sign because,             \
                          People             kept stepping on him!"                   \
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Anne-Lise Andresen January 28, 2019 at 2:20 PM - Very skilled ... I know how difficult it is - Great poem, Pat - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Pat Adams January 28, 2019 at 3:18 PM Thanks a lot! I'm glad you liked it!...........pat

Michelle Faulkner January 28, 2019 at 1:50 PM You have quite the gift for shape poems - and well written too! Pat Adams January 28, 2019 at 2:02 PM Thank you Michelle. I'm kind of stuck on the form lately, for some reason.....................80)

Sunlite Wanter January 28, 2019 at 10:16 AM I'm laughing at this one!!! I just got a new little 12-pound dog that I understand hates other dogs. But she is sweet as honey around people. Go figure! Pat Adams January 28, 2019 at 2:01 PM She thinks she's human too!! (Like ours)........80) Glad you liked it.....pat