Dogs Poems - Poems about Dogs

You plunge your fist into the creeping milieu of the ice cube by your ‘20s daydream. Does it not hurt? but it does, and you quickly retreat, surrendering to primal, human instinct. Your skin is not bland, but sticky with fear and blank expressions and wistful thinking, you disgust dogs. Does the rainy tapestry’s ambient face not disturb you? but it does,...

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Genghis loves Godshalls turkey bacon for him I fry Sassy wants her butter pancake pieces stack high Love my morning scramble eggs fluffy delight after a morning prayer we satisfy our appetites On my plate some bacon and a pancake or two with a small plate for scramble eggs will nicely do In their dog food bowls pieces of bacon top for...

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That Got-Dog-It Moment With star-staring eyes, that disdained look loudly speaks: "I got to go squat!" ...

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Some other people’s dogs bite, snarl and snap like turtles on speed. Our young puppy Beau dances, twirls, and bites his tail as if he’s on weed. The other dog, Buddy, is a gentle giant, over a hundred pounds of love. He was sent to us via a dumping, from angels who live well above. It is no accident...

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i saw him through the screen door, the sun casting just right. his beard gone all gray now, eyes cracked a ghost of a smile. he doesn't notice me right away but the dogs do, crowding at my feet like they always have. like nothing shifted not a thing has changed between this moment and the last one they remember. and i'm different, i know...

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Babes. Raised to outfit an agenda. The element of nature versus nurture. A pitbull is a dog like any other as is a Jew is a human like any other. Babes. Any dog any human, raised to be a weapon will be lethal. Babes. Any dog any human honed like a tool sharpened like a...

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The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. Mark Twain we have two wonderful border collies~ I prefer their company ...

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The dogs are in their pen We have a new video app where we can watch them We look into Joe’s cell phone at their usual places No dogs Did they escape? I turn the video camera to the gate Long sigh as I realize it is still bungee corded shut Buddy is tall; I see his back walk past the camera Is...

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‘Cry “havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war‘ (Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1) Let’s cry peace and not release the dogs! ...

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Our dogs have a pen twelve times bigger than a shed They romp, jump, and frolic until their faces are red But this is only if their mama is inside with them If I am out, they wait forlornly, at the gate of this pen...

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The life of a lazydog    Is a wonderful life to live         Ignoring the snoring               Which one may find boring You can relish the love they give...

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I am teaching the dogs about their new hangout Where they can poop and pee and frolic about They love it so much as long as I am it here too But when I leave, my dogs jump up; they are through....

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When you have two dogs Who adore you, and never allow you space You cannot move a rolling chair without looking Usually, a dog head or a dog paw is lying next to the wheels I just looked around; one dog is in the hallway The other dog is lying with his head on my boots My chance to scoot...

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‘Beware the Ides of March.‘ (Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2) a week from Saturday is the Ides of March perhaps I will stay home by myself better keep an eye on the dogs though they might have heard of Julius and get some strange ideas ...

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There come those moments when men cease to be men And turn into dogs. Dogs that bite and dogs that whine; Dogs that lay Panting On top of you And infect you with their spilling saliva Dulled eyes full of starving thoughts of violence. They’re all so charming until you see the rabies in their mouths And their lips, Docked by their hunger Grinning like...

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