Best Blackie Poems

She was the best pal we ever had,
Thinking about her still makes me sad,

Quietly wagging her tail for her food,
Silently waiting like a friend so good,

She survived death scare two times that year,
We prayed for her healing, God did hear,

She knew whom to bark at,...

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Me father was a collier, worked Harton off the coast 
Though he rattled from the coal dust he was whiter than a ghost 
But the one thing that reviled him in his God-forsaken post
Was the torment of the pit ponies who he'd love and trust...

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On Halloween night once, my cat ran to see the orange moon outside,
Oh, I was so very scared because it was Halloween and he was all black;
I searched and searched calling his name-   then came home and cried,
Getting mad, I yelled out the...

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We had a dog whose name was Blackie,
So extraordinary and wacky,

With energy like a horse, 
She used to run with full force,

Soft and playful, but fierce with strangers, 
She protected us from all dangers,

She saw every tear that I shed,
Listened to every word I said,

Was...

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And blackie was her precious name 
She was a shade of black and gray 
She was gentle and smart and tame 
Her silly antics made my day 

But one day when the time's not right 
I found her laying stead and still 
The lovely goat...

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