Prayer Dog Poems

a way to call a greater sky
into a drinking bowl

a way to call
while staying
inside
the odor of this
world eat world reality

your creature self
will sniff out
the scent
of...

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Before I knew the day, the time
He’d die, 
I came home to him,
My little smile, knowing he’d
Be there, he was always there
Always aware I was...

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This true story must be told,                                       ...

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Fleas, ticks, and parasites are the bane of pets and pet owners.  They require medications.  It is a well know veterinary fact that...

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So many times I chanted the prayer
from childhood to now that I forget
what I pray for or want repeating
mantras while walking at dusk or seeing
images...

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Been pacing the yard all day
hungry as a bear
Nobody put out my mainstay
my Kibbles and Bits

Barking loud at the backdoor
I say a prayer -
Lord, somebody,...

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Buddy was ripping up stuffed animals
Paw over paw, tail over head
Making sure to rip off their eyes
Tearing out filling, making them dead.

I was buying the...

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I shall not linger, tarry, where,
Beneath the oaks, out of the glare,
I had a dog to bury, ere
I lose control, emotions flare.
Among the roots, precise,...

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***My Day Yesterday***

Woke at 5 a.m., but oddly then forgot
To gaze alert to the sun’s rising.

Went for my bi-yearly do at the beauty
Salon where a...

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Well that’s something new I said with a twist.
A lopsided pile of dogs that went past my wrist.
They are still coming down! Watch out said...

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Vicious and mean those two stray dogs
if not for my fence the female grey would 
have quickly killed my two old dogs. She angrily bark
and...

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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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A WALK IN THE WOODS
Ode to a Beloved Pet


I go for a walk through the woods today and Jack is by my side
We find a...

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Doggerel I or Nonsense Verse

A$$tronomical
by Michael R. Burch

Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
proved E equals MC squared.
Thus, all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ declared!



Bible Libel
by...

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HOPE

A cry
A nuzzle,
A despair
A paw,
A stare
A wagging tail,
A feeling lost
A lap.

My life has changed,
A ray of hope has come
Into the life of this olde sailor...

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