Dog Aubade Poems

a man and his kitten 

He had lived in a cottage deep inland for thirty years, now, was time for a change, but it was...

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Failed poet

It is worrying when your mind is electrocuted by overthinking when you know for sure the system
is out to get you
The man sat naked...

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snuggled up to the gentle fire
under the moon and stars 
he rests his head
and nestles into
a long lingering
swig of whiskey 
that drifts his mind
on the...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Every Day You Play
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Every day you play with Infinity’s rays.
Exquisite visitor, you arrive with the flowers and the...

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(A village in the Khasi hills)

Sickly pine trees in tiny clusters
On balding hillocks with grey grass
Fighting harsh battle for survival
Against bronchial suffocation
Of dust storms stirred...

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Alentejo food
 I`m boiling a pernil (pork knuckles) with
plenty of vegetables and slow cooks it until
the meat falls from the bone I pick it up
cut...

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A rat, a mat, an extra large sleeping bag, and a sofa went to a swimming pool and dived in head first. Never mind the...

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Carnage creators. Crackerbreads chats. And a wide angled grinning photographer who is having appalling dreams of incorrect information is now ironed flat. Just like a...

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A queue for the loo? is it nine minutes past two?
A windmill dashing to the sea. Ice cold waters in a monticule drip. Laced with...

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Bus Shelter 
Driving past a crudely made bus shelter, it looks like concrete box
I took a picture because a mystery story was told about it.
A...

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A chandelier constructed from potpourri is not very clever is it. Yes, the smell would waft through the air but a fortress could contain a...

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