Dogs

Can anyone tell me why,
	The dogs must always bark?
Is there something out there?
	Are they just afraid of the dark?
Is it a burglar or a boogey  man,
	Or maybe a haunting ghost?
Why must they do it only,
	When I need sleep the most?
The barking can be disturbing.
	But worse is when they growl,
Its even more maddening,
	When they set up an awful howl.
Is something really wrong?
	Is there something that their after,
Or perhaps some cruel joke?
	And thats the sound of their laughter.
Am I the brunt of it all?
	Or are they just answering,
Some lonesome coyote's call.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Mehta Avatar
March 24, 2011 at 5:32 PM
Congratulations on your poem being featured , Emma
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March 22, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Congrats on being featured. Enjoyed this humorous write, i now know why i'm more of a cat person!! Best wishes Em :)
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March 21, 2011 at 7:36 AM
Nice to have you aboard Esther. It was fun reading this poem. Writing is alot of joy, but editing is the cherry on top.
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March 21, 2011 at 5:38 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week Esther. Love, Carol
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February 5, 2011 at 6:50 PM
Welcome to Poetry Soup.. so enjoyed reading your creative write tonight.. hope your time on Soup will be fun and filled with sharing ...check out our contests too..good luck with luv..
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February 4, 2011 at 5:52 PM
welcome to poetry soup, I really enjoyed your work
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February 4, 2011 at 5:31 PM
Welcome to the site. I know you will like it here. This is not that bad of an entry for a first one. I hope to see more great work from you in the near future. Just make one correction in your fourteenth line: "their" should be either "they're" or "they are". Everything else looks fine.
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