Freedom Dog Poems

There are times
when I long to move
beyond the edges of myself
as when, this morning, alongside 
the power station fence,
I passed under a red cloud 
of...

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It would be amazing to live off grid
Just think no hustle and bustle
No alarm screaming at you
to wake naturally at dawn.

One would settle into new...

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in a dungeon of grief she used to languish.
her much beloved dog succumbed to cancer;
she got another sooner than expected -

    ...

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Paddy

His name is Padraig Torrin McWheaten of County Cork, esq. – Paddy for short!  He is Celtic mischief with deep brown eyes the color...

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I was soul searching one day, and seen inside of me,
a black dog and a white dog, how could this be?
 What is this, I...

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Surely
I am not
The only one
I remember
Thousands
I walked with
For a non nuclear stance
Now
Silence

Even before
Those brave humans
That took on apartheid
An battled
The Queensland government
Silence

And where's
The freedom voice bus?
Students...

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The Girls

Perfumed and groomed, 
ribbons in their hair, so fair, 
they are beautiful... 
to me. 

Shorty, she is the clever hound, 
that knows how to...

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Beautiful Mistress

The full moon fills the sky 
with glowing light, 
like white fire on shade. 
It brings out the good, 
and the bad, 
the known...

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Excited to be given freedom to play,
I run to my art studio and begin dabbling.
I have already created thirteen new
canvases – penned and ready to...

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I watch this fellow every morning take his two dogs out.
Walking with that backward lean of resistance as each dog strains
against the leash. Something rare...

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Haiku, pup

pup tries squeezing
through the broken fence—
universal flight to freedom calls

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(c)sally Young eslinger 1/2021...

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Mary had a little lamb, everyone knows that's true
But Mary loves all pets so, she’s added on a few.
What Mary Had
Mary had a little frog,...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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PASSING THOUGHT
"I'm so used seeing dogs neutered, it's a surprise to see one with nuts"
Indiana Shaw . . . 

"Swing low, and swing free" ....

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To do their thing, cats are free
to want to insight, dogs just glee

In their territory, cats can roam
in their domain, dogs just moan

In the night,...

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