Best Wags Poems

I’m on my way into the grocery store
when I see him huddled near the shop doorway
In his outstretched hand
an empty coffee cup
I throw in a...

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Standing on the broken cement of the back porch
silently staring into the skies
and talking to myself 
 
Fingers struggling to keep appearances 
windshield wipers across...

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Tongue Study

Tongues
Steady it wags
needing to know
more, about the
the very thing that
causes wars.
peace and pain.
I study my tongue.        ...

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Love is a feeling not words
To think otherwise would be absurd
But I'll do my best to explain
Although I'm sure it'll be in vain
He's as soft...

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My shoes lie prone like dogs waiting for a new adventure
Will it be a soft seashore shuffle?
A jaunt through the mall, all dusty with grime
A...

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Gait Keeper


The limp is more pronounced on days like these,
cold rain and chilling breeze.  The hitch in his giddy-up
causing his head to angle slightly,...

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I'm as free as the wind as I sway in the saddle!
I love life!  There's no clutter, nothing to addle!
I give my faithful horse...

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We are as similar as opposites can be
He's short and puny, I am gangly
He barks when he's happy, angry or sad
Yes, he's my dog and...

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Some days ...
     Not dank days, but bright
          I go to the...

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The winter winds are frostily howling,
their bloodhound companions are searching
Under a crimson moon scarlet glowing

And I e-scapegoat dream
of a new life
On the other side of...

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the 
thick message 
competes with reality,
 pulls us like string puppets, 
wags the tail of truth,
prevents positive emotion,
obscures historic changes,
stopping time....
....slowing progress

increasing
 shareholder
value...

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It's not easy being a cat, you know 
They say we have nine lives  
But truth be told, like you, we have but one...

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like Labrador retriever 
squirrel wags his bushy tail
forth and back and forth
happy go lucky* amidst
Autumnal storm of acorns


*cheerfully unconcerned about the future...

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A jiggling rush of energy
Wags along our messed-up stair
As Lullie huffs with a naughty glee,
To cause mayhem beyond compare!

My dachshund begs to play tag -game
With...

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Such a nose had Ol’ Blue.
Best in south Missouri... everybody knew.
Could smell a pheasant across the plain.
Could point a covey in a hurricane.
That’s the way...

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