Dogs Poems

Beside the river where dogs bathe

inevitably, she comes for us all
my lover— death, with her webbed fingers

her skin soft as a porcupine’s, 
her quills darting into my chest
tears me apart in search of her craving
a smile as she gently ripped it out of my flesh

she held it out to the heavens and breathed out a cry of death
her teeth harder

The Funeral of Dogs - Dedicated to Roald Amundsen and His 52 Dogs

I hate to chortle at the sound of broken laughter,
Just like I refrain from weeping when dancing smoke fills my eyes . . .
But when dogs mourn alone,
I chafe my hands with the cold of tears of solitude.
Monuments and cairns I crave among the icy
Terrains, where dogs’ paws leave eternal marks —
The print-marks of an

The Summer of Love

(“Pema”, 2011, original oil)

The Summer of Love

Pema the old pug
Will turn 15 in a couple of months
And something tells me
This will be our last summer together.

But this summer he’s still here
Still beside me as he sleeps, with
The softest coat and even softer ears,
But what is softest of all
Is the place he’s made in my heart.

A

our best friends are dogs

our best friends are dogs
my husband and I
they sleep like logs
not even a sigh
they consume like hogs
roll in the mud too
They are loved so much
Buddy, Beau and Blue

Tails

They asked the fox about his witness. 
He pointed to his tail. 
They asked the dog about his witness. 
He pointed to the baboon.
They asked the gorilla about his witness. 
He pointed to his rear end.
Tail is tail.


* Six lines poem that has three micro stories; the seventh line is so short conclusion.

Lazy Evening on my Porch with My Dogs

the evening is alive with promise
dogs lie on their porch, loving the breeze
chimes are tinkling in a happy manner
there are two sounds – the air conditioner and crickets

the wind picks up strength; leaves rustle
one dog’s head comes up; he gulps some wind
in the distance a dog barks. My two dogs are on their feet.
They run

Dogs in Waiting

my dogs in waiting
they lie ready at my feet
for I am their queen

hamhocks for my dogs

ham hocks
the dogs love them
sure. they are costly
but they satisfy
and our dogs are our people
I cringe as I hear their teeth crunching up bone and gristle
My teeth hurt thinking about it

dogs are chasing an invisible ghost

dogs are chasing an invisible ghost
because I can’t see, doesn’t mean I’m not the host
spirits have always been attracted to me
I do not discount the dogs, just because I don’t see.

the dogs and I

I sit and write on the dog porch
an area we had fenced in for our two loves.
Giant puppies who often overpower us.
Not intentionally.
But they can knock me over with a tail flick.
I am heavy, but I am old.

Barking

the big headed dogs
barking! they are almost dead
they bark here and there

my big headed dogs

my dogs have big heads
enormous teeth
they look fierce
tigers would back down

they are both mama’s boys
not frightening in the least
if you are me

my dogs are confined now

dog’s nose is twitching
whatever he’s smelling, I am missing
dog next door barks ferociously
my dogs used to run toward the fence
they have a pen now
there is less running
they have been thwarted
confined to a mere thousand square feet
angry because they used to run the entire neighborhood

WORSE THEN DOGS

WORSE THAN DOGS

Mi step off di docks, salt burn in mi chest,
Suit sharp-press, hope pin to mi vest.
Windrush blood, calypso fire,
Dreams of gold — meet cold barbed wire.
“Welcome,” dem sneer wid a crooked grin,
Door slam shut — all ‘cause a mi skin.

Signs in window cut like knives:
NO BLACKS. NO DOGS. NO IRISH. — lives.
But truth

Father Drinan

Father Drinan took his class to Coney Island Beach,
He thought the sand and ocean could also teach.
They ran to Nathan's hot dogs, then sunk in deck chairs,
Until a hungry seagull took them unawares.

(bridge)
The seagull grabbed a hotdog from poor Joey McBride,
A clever attack, swooping in from the side.
The kids all laughed, Joey let out a

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