Dog Free Verse Poems

Killick Poetry Contest
Craig Cornish

The weight of his dog on his mind
There were no makeups, makeovers
… there was a makeshift as death was calling
One sacrifice that...

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brave ant marches forward
dog does not notice
wait
a flying thing

dog jumps up
tries to snap it in his mouth
snap snap snap
he might be sorry If he captures...

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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...

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the dog is muddier than I feel
we are both grimy
gritty
ridiculously filthy
the dog and I
He’s been mudding
I am super casual
in my pajamas for the sixth day
we...

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A dark cloud forms as tears fill her eyes, spilling into a stream that runs down her face. She bites her lip to quiet the...

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Always beside me 
No matter where I am going 
She sits there she's watching 
If my tears are all gone 
Her eyes they are asking...

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Laughter 

 I laughed with a Pride,
My laugh was lost with a shame .
Smile faded away like hot air.

Jokes where bad towards me .
Anger spread...

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We cannot blame nature for melancholy of the autumn
Leaves falling down the ground 
Decay to enrich the soil for feeds and the fertility of the...

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sun-dried, saltwater-rusted
bench sits above cherry bricks
undulating like pan-fried
bacon strips, by the streetlamp
where lazy dogs whine at once
and also lose their bladders
and imagine chuletas
in the beaconed...

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polka dot curtains in the form of dotted swiss
light and airy, fuzzy and bumpy, minute and white
polka dotted pillows in reds, blues and oranges
unusual in...

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I am currently working simultaneously on twenty-three paintings.
Love being in my art studio, where they are lying all around.
On top of paints, brushes, glitter, glue,...

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was that a whoopee cushion?
I tried to blame it on the dog, even though I lifted two inches.
No one believed me, because I am gassier...

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A dog is love.
Love is a dog.

You always love me.
Of course, I love you, too.

You run fast.
Sometimes I miss you.

But you always come back to...

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A Dog’s Joy
(For Lily)

A dog’s joy
Is 
All inclusive.

(7/24/25)...

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Nowadays,
people don’t
'get'
the real Blues,
they have
blue-funks.


The funks
makes a person
glare
and simmer
like a radio-active sunflower.

The Blues
don’t come at anyone
with a rabid face, or any
bad juju.
Blues songs
don’t club at...

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