Thomas Wells Poet Free verse

Listen To Your Dog

Your dog has an indispensable dispatch,
a critical communique.
Are you listening?

Your dog is howling at sirens,
		          annoying all your neighbors.
Have you noticed?

Your dog’s evolutionary chain from wolves,
			    a prescriptive instinct.
Are you appreciating?

Your dog’s howling though, is much more,
	                         the opening of a primordial door,
the call to a roaming distant pack,
	a whining ballad to wilder tribe crying back.

Your dog prays to something larger than himself,
          and because you are leading the pack, 
                  it includes you.

This then, a necessity to survive.
               This then, the most fundamental meaning
		of God!

Your dog is howling at sirens.
	Listen to your dog!

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Sara Kendrick January 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM Yes, our pet dogs are very aware of what is going on, and they sense danger before we can even have any idea it is going on. Mine can hear gunshots (hunters either hunting or target practice) from way off that I can't hear. She gets so upset. She also can sense a storm coming for a very long time before it happens and she gets upset. I love her despite her unique ways. Sara K Thomas Wells January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM Hello Sarah! Thank you for your interesting comments. Dogs are very special creatures. I regard them as mystical messengers who can teach us so much about ourselves and the nature of reality. Many blessings, Thomas

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart May 19, 2020 at 9:21 AM I love this. Two paws up! A fave :))) ~mo Thomas Wells May 19, 2020 at 11:25 AM Thanks Pigeon. You made my day. Enjoy yours and be safe!