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Best Greyhounds Poems

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Whippets and Greyhounds
Whippet's in the wind
When greyhound
Gazed upon
Whippersnapper
Want to be
In the midday sun
Whistle of a woman
Calling canine back
Put him on the leash
Take doggy to the track
Flat cap...

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© Rob Carter  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: greyhounds, animal,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Homecoming
It was in late October in the year nineteen seventy three
That the war in South Vietnam was finally over for me
I boarded the seven o...

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Categories: greyhounds, america, father, home, mother,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Gone To the Dogs
DOGGIE ART
Poodle
Doodle

          HAPPY LASSIES
          Jolly
  ...

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Categories: greyhounds, dog, funny,
Form: Footle
Premium Member Who
“WHO”



Human to Human
the faceless 
without names
buried under 
mountains of pages
escaping the blame

Human to Human
the faceless 
without names
hold the science
and the answers
debating chances
and plotting the traces...

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Categories: greyhounds, humanity, imagery, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Divine Comedy Translation Canto Xiii Hell Part 2
(Continues after part 1)

Stopped to talk, and then “Since his voice now dries”,
Told poet to me, “your time don’t lose, be fast;
But speak, and ask...

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Categories: greyhounds, fantasy,
Form: Terza Rima



Premium Member Jessica Casey - Part 2 - Seven Years Later
Jessica Casey the punters dream- Sequel to Shy Julie 

They came from near - they came from far
Bus ferry and train and some by car
THE...

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Categories: greyhounds, family, feelings, humorous,
Form: Metrical Tale
Irish
Irish

'When Irish eyes are smiling',
sang the midwife, gleefully,
as she handed me a bundle,
and revealed that it was 'She'.

A baby, with the darkest hair,
blue eyes, that...

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Categories: greyhounds, dog, drink, funny, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ode To Wayne Gretzy
Ode To Wayne Gretzky

We all carry the same genes
and look how different we turn out;
I honed my skills to playing hockey
and look how far I’ve...

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Categories: greyhounds, hero, hockey, perspective, sports,
Form: Epigram
The City Is a Strange Place
The city is a strange place.
People shifting, walking lines and punching time cards.
Strangers looking, their eyes and mind in their own little worlds.
A woman on...

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Categories: greyhounds, city, hope, people,
Form: Free verse
Sam Came From Bollon On the Wallan S.W.Queensland Aus.
Sam came from Bollon on the Wallan S.W.Queensland Aus.

Sam Mc Croon came from Bollon soon
When he heard about old Galoon the Batey
 She was big...

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Categories: greyhounds, romanceold, me, old,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Shaggy Dog Limericks Iii
The Doberman Pinscher

A Doberman’s known to be picky
With friends so to greet one is tricky
To kiss is a bummer
Undoubtedly dumber
Is to sneak up and give...

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Categories: greyhounds, animal, cute, dog, funny,
Form: Limerick
Orphan
I want to walk into the 
Hotel Cipriani in Venice
Cigarette holder dangling
Two sleek greyhounds on
Leashes, grey cape over
My shoulders, movie starlet
On my arm, tons of...

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Categories: greyhounds, childhood, family, fantasy, children,
Form: Light Verse
Shiela Hunt
i was in the canvas seat in front,
at the pictures ...Shiela, hunt,
was playing with her little foot,
got the wrong feet, wasna Toot,
playing footsie with her...

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Categories: greyhounds, adventure, me,
Form: Rhyme
Consoling Arm Recovered Dignity
Villa  tapestries  gave  the  space a hushed quality
Baskets of bread fruit cold chicken  and some wine
Books some paper  some...

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Categories: greyhounds, friendship, nostalgia, people,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Racing No More
He stands tall, muscular and magnificent. He raced the first years of his life. Not knowing how to be a pet, just a commodity. He...

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Categories: greyhounds, abuse, animal, appreciation, dog,
Form: Haibun

Book: Shattered Sighs