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Best Dogs Poems

Below are the all-time best Dogs poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dogs poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Sailing the Seas In a Pecan Tree
The wind billows out from the seat of his britches
With determined blue eyes, skinned knuckles and knees
he climbs up the rails nailed from old cedar...

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Categories: dogs, adventure, old,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member no poet am I -
a poet, you say? pardon no, not am I
there's only ONE poet - He writes on the
       sky
of sunsets...

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Categories: dogs, blessing, faith, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member How Do I Love Thee - Let Me Count the Ways
1.
and every time i see you it is for the first time 
still my heart skips a beat
and every time we kiss it is our first 
and...

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Categories: dogs, love,
Form: List
Premium Member Ballad of An Unsung Hero
Vivid flashbacks from bloodshed battles
his soul still ravaged by devious dictators,
cries from fallen comrades still echo in his mind,
but he continues to walk upon a...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dogs, analogy, metaphor, political,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member a crow command -
I be a common salty once
          no captain's bars, did bear
     ...

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Categories: dogs, adventure, courage, history, imagery,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Dream
Dream

My mirrored reflection silently speaks

You honor me with your vulnerability
Your scars of life
Your unhealed wounds of betrayal

Dream journals tattoo your body
Your open arms of desire...

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Categories: dogs, appreciation, blessing, child, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poe's Untimely Demise
*Note 
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dogs, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Northern Slaves
In the silent breathing of night,
treading through 
the darkness and the hush
(A heavy band of slave)
like black ants snaking
through the forlorn distance.
Grieving with tears
Of yesterdays...

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Categories: dogs, emotions, metaphor, sad, slavery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Love Has Its Costs
THIS IS A FICTIONAL WRITE THAT EXPLORES THE QUESTION OF WHAT LOVE IS. IT DOES SO IN A DRAMATIC WAY, AFTER ALL THAT IS MY...

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Categories: dogs, desire,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Ozzie Our Spaniel
The 28th of April; I'll always remember that day
It was very overcast and the sky was quite grey
That short journey to the vet I will...

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Categories: dogs, best friend, emotions, heartbroken,
Form: Narrative
Kiss Loneliness Goodbye Written By Tim Smith and Seren
I sit here and ponder the days that have past
The many loves that I had, that just didn’t last.
One really sticks out, wish I had...

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Categories: dogs, loneliness, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Something's Amiss POTD
I was a successful, scientific explorer, traveling to the remote, distant lands,
Bettering noble lives of many, like budding, green spring which understands.

And every day held...

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Categories: dogs, dream, fantasy, feelings, happiness,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus

Poets are like magicians.
They trick the heart into feeling, 
“things” they had no idea, were there at all. 

Sadly poets don’t always know how...

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© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dogs, 12th grade, abortion, abuse,
Form: Free verse
If Poets Ruled the World
IF POETS RULED THE WORLD

If poets ruled the world
laws would be written with panache and... 
oh yes, compassion;
civil liberty in fashion.
Carpetbaggers fold up your tents...

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Categories: dogs, community, inspirational, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
Ironbar
He just appeared to me, like wispily curling 
Chimney smoke, 
One grim and early morning in the very midst of 
Decembers briefest days, on the...

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Categories: dogs, nature, universe,
Form: Rhyme

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