Dog Death Poems

They called it a seat,
but it was a cradle of fire—
metal-wrapped, bolted shut,
no window,
just the hum of wires
and the memory of old Moscow snow
still clinging...

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Incessant flagellation no longer torments nor assails psyche of mine...

until courtesy amazing grace interceded
in the doggone guise 
of Canis lupus familiaris
unwittingly timely deliverance
videre licet as...

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There you will be

If I could step a foot into eternity and reach open the door there you would be, waiting for me.  Paws...

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I was paralyzed in thought,
and standing all alone;
Surrounded by darkness,
everything was gone...

With barely a glimpse, from the corner of my eye;
I was travelling so fast...

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A neighbor of ours died recently…unloved, old and all alone.
She was found, by a person walking his dog, in the doorway of her home.

She was...

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"Memories buried in the wavering wash of time."

I write you now with trembling hand,
The ink runs like the river sand,
Where once we laughed, side by...

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Dear Ma, if this letter finds
Your gentle hands, your quiet eyes,
Knowing I have fallen where silence climbs,
Beneath a blood-rubbed, broken sky.

The wind here howls like...

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I lost my beautiful dog today 
I lost my dearest friend 
She took with her 
a piece of my heart 
I’ll never feel again 

I...

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you saw me wrong.
upside down,
like a bible turned over
in the hands of a sinner.

i saw you
the way a dog sees a thunderstorm.
head tilted,
waiting for it...

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I’ve been transmitting
on the frequency we talked about—
the one braided with microwaves
and half-truths
about entangled minds
and sympathetic resonance.

I figured you’d catch the pulse
once the white noise...

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blitzed blackened skies 
hail of bullets ricochet ~
crimson fills trenches 

screams of the fallen
reverberate through scorched earth ~  
laid waste to ruin 

dog tags...

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Puppy laying 
Head on knee,
I will take 
Good care of thee.

Laying there 
Soft and warm,
Always loving
Since you were born.

When I had to go
Away to war,
I...

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Sitting attentively on a rickety park bench
My thoughts as deep as an ocean trench
People scurrying aimlessly with their daily lives
In time they’ll fade too, into...

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I am wearing heavy feathers
with the gaze of the day lit to my backside.
A rotisserie routine,
hot with punishment and prayer.
Prayer for punishment,
punishment for prayer.

Answers from...

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Written: April 14, 2025  for contest sponsored by Brian Strand

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The subject matter of this poem explores themes of transience,...

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