Heikki One

wind bites chunks of heart from the rabbit dogs large chest and the dog~ so small

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Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty

Date: 12/4/2014 7:26:00 AM

Wonderful Dan "Heikki Lunta Snow Dance Song" Love for the information. Thanks ))) rajat

Dan Helppi
Date: 12/7/2014 7:55:00 PM

You are welcome kind Rajat.

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty

Date: 12/3/2014 8:52:00 AM

So sad Dan...wind had gulped the whole dog..this imagery is great.By the way what is Heikki ? rajat

Dan Helppi
Date: 12/3/2014 5:53:00 PM

Heikki is a Finnish name, I am Finnish American, so I use that to describe Haikus. Plus Heikki Lunta is a snow God, a dance is named for him...the Heikki Lunta Snow Dance Song. (We aren't singing it this year, we sing it when we are short of snow)

Timothy Hicks

Date: 12/1/2014 12:29:00 PM

Eek - I hope I never witness a rabid dog. So sad. This brings back memories of reading Cujo - you're last two words brought it all back into perspective. Rabies doesn't care about size.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 11/29/2014 10:08:00 AM

Enjoyed reading your work..My father had a pair of beagle hounds when I was a child..One day when we went into to town to buy supplies the dogs came up missing..A neighbor said they saw a car stop at our home and load the dogs into their car..I am glad that I stopped by to read your work for it brought back memories..Sara

Dan Helppi
Date: 12/1/2014 10:52:00 AM

So sorry you lost your dogs, I vividly remember losing dogs as a child also and it was not fun. I am glad you had a happy time reading the poem!

Jack Ellison

Date: 11/16/2014 7:38:00 AM

Those guys could teach us a thing or two but not sure our hearts could handle it! LOL Good one Dan... say hello to Will for me!

Dan Helppi
Date: 11/17/2014 4:47:00 PM

Hi Jack, thanks for reading the poem.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/6/2014 11:47:00 PM

sounds so sad!!

Dan Helppi
Date: 11/7/2014 8:03:00 AM

I am sorry, I hunted rabbits with a friend's small beagles and they just go and go, I think they would go till they died. You actually have to collar them to get them to stop, and the snow was so deep. I was humbled by their work ethic.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 11/4/2014 6:26:00 AM

- Great one, Dan ! - // Anne-Lise :)

Dan Helppi
Date: 11/4/2014 1:33:00 PM

Thank you.