Passion Dog Poems

Kiki Lindstrom had a dog
A tiny puppy poodle
When she took it for a slog
It flipped a puppy's noodle

Kiki think about your pup
And think about the...

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I 'm a cloud watcher
Always watching clouds
The sky is so blue
With patches of white
All different shapes 

There were animals 
Dogs kissing cats
Cats sitting beside 
A...

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The Cat

Sleek and soft, 
with mighty..., fierce claws. 
Not a friend to birds, 
of any kind. 

Mischievous, carnivorous, 
and a wanderer of the dark. 
Yet...

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Let us curry favor in dog star's
splendid laughing light 
bring the crash of passion's waves
through two arms held tight. 

I carry your wishes in love's
knapsack,...

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Carrying a sleeping baby.
Cleaning after a successful party.

Camping beyond mountains more mountains.
Playing trumpet on the streets of New York City.

Eating although the food supply is...

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Doggerel II: Doggerel about Doggerel, or, More Nonsense Verse

The Board
by Michael R. Burch

Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood:
soft titters from dark board rooms...

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Poems about Dogs

This Dog
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Each morning this dog,
who has become quite attached to me,
sits silently at my feet
until, gently...

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Lord Labrador was so dapper and debonair, 
When the wenches saw him, they put their legs in the air.
He could have his sniff of whatever...

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Dot Spotted
by Michael R. Burch

There once was a leopardess, Dot,
who indignantly answered: "I’ll not!
The gents are impressed
with the way that I’m dressed.
I wouldn’t change even...

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Dog Daze
by Michael R. Burch

Sweet Oz is a soulful snuggler;
he really is one of the best.
Sometimes in bed
he snuggles my head,
though he mostly just plops...

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Wulf and Eadwacer
ancient Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 960 AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

My clan's curs pursue him like crippled game;
they'll rip him apart if he...

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Snoopy, hero of Peanuts cartoon fame
Sure knew how to play the sympathy game
   He never said Boo
   Or even Yahoo
And became...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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Each crescent moon rewinds time’s notes 
to sweep me back to our blessed haven
where long has stayed my peaked essence.
I’d love to be back in...

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Humankind  iLL-Humane--

Left on a chain in the rain and in summer’s heat;
Continued barking
Ill humane treatment
Carcass
Remains left on chains--caged up dogs
Maggot distorted flesh rotted muscle...

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