Strawberries
...With strawberries, never enough for me: drippy hands, splattered ceiling, slushy the floor. Fido, my best friend, just slid out the door. Perhaps, a strawberry bush, why not a strawberry tree? -- Fid...
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Categories:
fido, food, fruit, humor, imagination,
Form: Free verse
My Dog Voices His Opinion
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A tiger cuddling in my lap
my dog observed
mouth agape
I said to my dog
nail your jaw together
Beware lest the ground it does scrape
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Categories:
fido, animal, courage, dog, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Don't Ask Me
...mindless Frankenstein,
single-minded,
and her voracious, faithful dog
with a seventy-foot tail,
lifting carpets, sliding sofas,
slurping everything in sight,
with a bottomless pit for an appe...
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Categories:
fido, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Doggone
...Poor Fido is last in the queue
For cocking his leg on the yew
He hopes the other dogs
Don’t produce poopy logs
He’s bursting to pee and then poo!...
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Categories:
fido, anxiety, dog, humorous,
Form: Limerick
In Line for the Bathroom
...Fido took time watering the large tree
Forced to stand in line at dog park to pee
Fidgeting they can't hold it
Fearing to move they all sit
A pet peeve, with bladder concern; knock-knee
5/1/20...
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Categories:
fido, dog,
Form: Limerick
Robert Gorelick Doggy Limerick Circus II
...Charming and filled with humorous doggy characters, so unique
I’m floored when I think of an aussidoodle, or a scotchi‘s fido physique
Pages of dogs all breeds and places, RG’s fun reads,...
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Categories:
fido, art, books, celebration, dog,
Form: Rhyme
Fido Ate My Homework
...here are the bits of my homework I say
tossing them out of an Oatmeal box
Onto my teacher's desk
They are slimy with saliva
she screams...
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Categories:
fido, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Rum n Raisin 12 - And Walnut Makes Three
...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 proper that I should be boss.”
Rum gave a s...
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Categories:
fido, cat, dog, leadership,
Form: Narrative
An Endearing Day
...My bunny is my bestie, but I don’t want to hurt my dog.
So, I do not say it aloud, for Fido is super sensitive most days.
I am followed by geese, a turtle, a sparrow, butterfly and hedgehog.
We ar...
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Categories:
fido, animal,
Form: Quatrain
Buy Or Smell
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An idol thought ...
A pair of worn gym shoes was sold for $1.47 million
Those appraised, prized puppies
were formerly Space toe Jam possessed
by a famous athlete
Bet cha’ that w...
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Categories:
fido, allusion, humorous, money, wisdom,
Form: Light Verse
Paws On the Avenue
...Paws on the Avenue
Every afternoon ‘bout half past four
Paddy and I go out the door
No straying from our daily ritual.
Paws on Fido Avenue
Happy tails of sloppy kisses unmuzzled
Parade of c...
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Categories:
fido, animal, dog, dream,
Form: Free verse
Please Do Not Call Me Cute
...Oh, please do not tell me how cute I am, Kindred Kat said.
He stomped off in a huff, and so my Uncle Pete said.
Let’s make sure we call him other things, but never cute.
Sounds good to me, said Fi...
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Categories:
fido, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Meeting the Founders
...We are inviting you to join our club of sixty- two.
I was surprised, excited, and honored, by Miss Lou.
You are our type, she assured me. We all want you.
I believed her for sure; it gave me a big...
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Categories:
fido, dog,
Form: Rhyme
The Seven Rules of Life
..."The Seven Rules of Life"
1) Smile
2) Be Kind
3) Don't Give Up
4) Don't Compare
5) Avoid Negativity
6) Make Peace with Your Past
7) Take Good Care of Your Body and Mind
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Categories:
fido, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Old Plumbing
...Fido was a little doggy
Who's brain was getting old and foggy
He frequently forgot
Where he had marked the spot
Everywhere he looked was soggy...
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Categories:
fido, 10th grade,
Form: Limerick
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