Philosophy Dog Poems

(Lada, 2020)

“Good Girl”

The archetypal relationship 
Of man and dog
Shows the depths of our unity
Philosophy, religion, politics
Who cares, in the face
Of such relationship!?

(3/13/24)
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Aged man walks on the busy street
Beyond his ability to cross
Cane in hand, old friends he needs to meet
Delayed by rain, worried about loss

Earlier, he...

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What sets a human apart from a dog;
we are both alive, and we both draw breath.
But dogs, unlike humans, live in a fog;
they're entirely oblivious...

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A Pomeranian in Tampa Bay
Loves nothing better to do than play
When ordered to speak
She’ll play hide and go seek
Her philosophy is live for today

1/15/22...

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We all need to believe in something.
I believe I should hug the dogs....

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Tao of the dog
if it runs
chase it...

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Your dog has an indispensable dispatch,
a critical communique.
Are you listening?

Your dog is howling at sirens,
		          annoying...

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One day, when Sariputra was meditating in the shade of the mango tree, a peasant came and started insulting him.

Sariputra was quiet, remaining calm.

- Hello,...

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I am a little Alsatian puppy- can you empathise with my wretched plight?
I cannot impress upon insensitive humans, my God given inalienable right,
As a scrawny...

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Dreamscapes inundate;
I am trapped in-between them;
No escape is visible.
Fox comes on the edge;
Four-legged animal guide,
Offers me spirits advice;
Yes, I will follow;
Dreamscape slows; we are in...

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Guilt is immortal

Grief can live only in the tender hours,
in the sweet bittersweet tender days -
the days who number some number
unknown to all, felt by...

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City Walk (or Lola)

A city walk.
Springtime and a scarf bundled about the Adam’s apple.
A wedge of lemon. That sucked.
A triangle of mandarin.
Or two. Now five

A...

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ZEN DOG DAY

DOG:
A’m jest trucking on down the road
Hangin loose got no heavy load

[Stops in middle of road and proceeds to scratch every part known...

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Dogs rule, dogs rock
Dogs run, dogs walk
Dogs bark, dogs talk
Dogs wear a frock.

Dogs read, dogs write
Dogs play, dogs fight
Dogs may, dogs might
Dogs sleep all night.

Dogs...

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Charlie clark.
Huron high school has Randy as a coach.
Animal. What my dogs are.
Randy, the coach for huron.
Lebanon is a country.
I like pizza. 
Eat pizza everyday.

Charlie...

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