Dog Free Verse Poems

Alone,
the dog outrides the flock,
warning away the terrors of night.
He sees
the cheery glow of the shepherds’ fire,
murmured talk and quiet laughter
float past him softly
on the...

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Lost pieces of my soul
flow downstream, on rivers
where I once swam
amid the pearls of peace
bleeding from shadows
carved into the stones,
hallucinations swelling
on the sandcastle shores,
where I...

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stop feeding your puppy people food, the vet said.
My husband and I are both worthy liars; we agree.
Neither of us planning to keeping to this...

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On Friday nights we’d sneak into
the railyard and wait
in the shadows 
between the floodlights for a train
slow enough for us to hop,
our hands already tingling
with...

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The grief I feel is of another kind
Sweeter than holy water
A deeper breath than moorland air to find
The black of midnight, not—
Of monstrous seas, but—
Of...

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We stood at the edge
of the back yard,
next to the garage—
where I’d pretended to be
an astronaut in a
cardboard spaceship—
on a chill November night,
watching Sputnik II
arc...

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everything about this song is red,
your wallet is brown,
the brown a burgundy
and the burgundy’s chalice
has gold to dazzle
rubies, carnelian, sard
precious, semi-precious, the same-
all the same,...

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My dog is outside warning strangers off our property
the neighbors, delivery men, me if I walk up the driveway
stay away or you will be sorry,...

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Loyal, docile, obedient dog
Why did you leave me all alone?
Now I'm a sheep with red wool,
And maybe it's your fault.
Fumbling sheep calls your name in...

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dead June bug on floor
brown, round, shiny
the dog will get it, I thought
I can practically hear his teeth crushing it
munch munch munch crunch crunch crunch
Prelude...

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Let sail this doom and gloom
Drinking gasoline with a blue lighter
In the morning head up the gangplank
The hours till I lay down is a lifetime
I’ve...

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Our story began behind bars with the broken,
Displaying our armor with truths left unspoken.
Through the gates each day, our counselor hats on,
Where pain wore a...

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  I sometimes wonder if the path I was meant to take was predetermined,
  was the word destiny birthed to be my hopeless...

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they said it was the sun,
but it was her eyes—
blue like drowning,
and I looked.

I didn’t whistle,
I didn’t speak,
just looked.

they dragged me out
like a busted dog
from...

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toN in Not	
daM in Mad	
naP in Pan	
emiT in Time
goD	 in Dog	
livE in Evil	
looP in Pool	
raiL in Liar	
traP in Part	
staR in Rats
Words flung - Return as...

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