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Dog Poems | Examples of Dog Poetry

Premium Member Raising Pony Dogs inside a House
they race in and out chasing each other with gusto and vim oops spoke too soon two dog tails just ran back in one jumps on the couch, and the other is up there too they are pony dogs, one weighs 80, the other 122. They love us to bits, have no idea how strong they are One jumped to...

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Categories: dog,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Man's Best Friend
the dog brings his leash it’s time for our daily walk I smile, his tail wags ...

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Categories: animal, best friend, dog,
Form: Senryu



Glimpses
The grass waved hello the birds called back. Telegraph poles stood still like tall slender trees. the birds liked that. the crickets a constant tickle in the ear, swathes of brown grass bouncing back after drought, three troughs haphazard on a patch without any grass. Bare dark earth. the raven makes its cry under a bright grey sky, on a swampy, sweaty day . my dog...

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Categories: appreciation, beauty, dog, earth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Gunner
Gunner What has woken you, Gunner? What is it you hear? Can you sense the beat of heavy engines drawing near? There’s been no alert, Gunner, the lads are all at ease. But you know something’s up, don’t you? Won’t you tell us please? I heard that little growl, Gunner, low and in your chest. Is the time right now, Gunner?...

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Categories: dog, war,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member For Tuppence
Born 31st July 2014 – Passed 16th July 2025 When shadows fell and nights grew long.. You came into my life.. a light, a song. So soft, so sweet, with joy so true.. The world felt brighter just with you. You made me laugh when I would cry.. A wagging tail, a knowing eye. No judgment, just your steady grace.. Pure love reflected...

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Categories: best friend, dog, heartbroken,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Spock Got Dog Named Grock
Spock got rescued dog He named it Elton Grock 4 It ate the homework Of every person on earth ~ Then made stuff up - Babel Blurb...

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Categories: dog, computer,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Feline Confessions
I confess... I'm a cat in a human body surrounded by drooling deluded dogs I confess... I spew doggerel in a poetic wasteland as the wolves claw their verses on electronic pages and howl at their unamused muses I confess... I hide under a table or climb up a tree as the dogs of war merrily pant while mauling the world I confess... I'm guilty of living in the wrong country on the wrong planet at the wrong time but will soon exhaust my nine lives and...

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Categories: cat, dark, dog, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member CAT DOG OUCH-
cat hisses at dog dog retaliates growls at the fending purring 07/14/25 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2025© ...

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Categories: dog, addiction, adventure, anxiety, cat,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member it's exhausting
it's exhausting being so adorable ~ a rest well deserved AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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Categories: appreciation, cute, dog, humorous,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member puppys day
my puppy never walks he runs until he drops run run run run run run run run run run run run run BAM six-hour nap...

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Categories: dog,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member if you wake up with a stick
if you wake up with a stick in your bed you have a dog if the stick is chewed into eighteen pieces you have a puppy if there is no stick you either do not have a dog or your husband has pica...

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Categories: dog,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member digging to China
Today I fell into my puppy’s freshly dug hole It was a long grimy terrifying fall I woke up six hours later in Beijing with a broken leg...

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Categories: dog,
Form: Light Verse
My Baby Doll - Part IX
You were my baby doll and I owned you for almost seven years. You were my all time favorite dog and I wish you were still here. You were very special, wonderful and unique. When I found you dead, it was sad and bleak. I had to dig a hole and bury you in the ground. I would be happier...

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Categories: anniversary, death, dog, pets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member everything goes into a puppys mouth
he’s a puppy, everything goes into his mouth piece of paper, spiral notebook, birthday card, screwdriver, glass lightbulb, copper spring, nail gun, jewelry, When we hear his teeth clicking we try to see what he has He runs from us Fishing it out is not an option He has super large teeth We have to trade him something...

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Categories: dog,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member spent a lazy day
I spent today doing nothing fell asleep on the couch both dogs were lying on the floor laid out flat on their backs, legs in the air we would still be there happily snoring if a delivery had not happened and if I had not needed to go to the bathroom...

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Categories: dog,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Dog Poems

Read wonderful dog poetry on the following sub-topics: cute, death, funny, grief, happy, heaven, kids, love, loss, memorial, old, rhyme, sad, sympathy and more.

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