Work Dog Poems

Why don’t you stay home and play? The dog asked.
I explained the correlation between working and money.
You cannot eat money! Said the cat.
No, but money...

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By my side is the dog
I'm his space to rest and dream safely
A gift I give willingly

(The dog suggested I sack off counting syllables because...

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DOGS IN HEAVEN

When my daughter brought five dogs into my life
I would never imagine my family to be
Larger than life
It feels like God blessed us...

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Had a big dog for to tend the sheep
Small dog for a ratter while we sleep
Old spot for all to pet
Growler for warn he let
All...

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Raisin said, “Rum, I’m beginning to see
that there will be times when we cannot agree.
Disputes shouldn’t leave us at a complete loss
So I think it’s...

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I envy my dog at times and for many reasons.

He eats and sleeps under my roof
yet never contributes a penny towards 
his upkeep or my...

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                        10/31/2023




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At nights we’d sit out on the balcony drinkin
Breathin
That thick mug air
Of a New Orleans summer evening.
Livin as easy
As they’d let us
In the bowels of...

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The shepherd's lot will never be an easy one.
From morning till night, his work will never be done.
Helped by a well-trained German dog, he keeps...

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One night about a year ago, we heard whimpering at our door.
One of us had to get up and go, didn’t reckon for what was...

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On way to work you find a dog asleep,
And see the same scene on a return trip.
If that makes you wonder
Who lives life much sounder,
You...

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I just love looking at him. All 160 pound of our beautiful 10 year old dog.
He is a big hunk of love and every day...

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I wonder far but wander near and wish to know if there is treasure here. Would it be buried underneath the sand or way off...

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With his droopy eyes; still 
Saddened...by the unknown 
I see in his face...loneliness
 
When I left him, confusion over-load 

Nor did he ever know, 
Would...

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The Doberman Pinscher

A Doberman’s known to be picky
With friends so to greet one is tricky
To kiss is a bummer
Undoubtedly dumber
Is to sneak up and give...

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