On Behalf of Dogs
...Happy National Dog Day, PS!
Beagle, boxer, poodle, pug,
Airedale, cocker spaniel, terrier,
Shiatsu, pom, or something furrier,
Pedigreed or cur-ish mug,
Dogs make our lives ever so much merrie...
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Categories:
furrier, best friend, dog, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Wearng Mink
...I am dressed in leopard skin but not a pelt
Because I would recognize that
Since my dad was a furrier from Iowa
My hat is snoring loudly
Tiny mink-like puffs of stink squeak out the back of her...
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Categories:
furrier, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
My Dad Was a Furrier Man
...My dad was a furrier man, a hunter, a skinner.
He sometimes was traveling, not home for dinner.
He went to New York
Ate steak with a fork
When he came home with the money, a winner....
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Categories:
furrier, dad,
Form: Limerick
I Miss You
...I Miss You...
Like high school tennis practice after classes
at the midpoint of May; so at the peak
of blurry vision owing foggy glasses
owing a humid leak (of which I won’t speak
lest ...
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Categories:
furrier, i miss you, silly,
Form: Sonnet
Being Pulled In Three Directions
...My artistic side is begging to run into the studio and paint up a masterpiece.
My dance-y side is not ready to sit still one more minute.
We are sick of sitting.
How much more sitting can we tak...
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Categories:
furrier, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Every Morning Is An Animal Morning
...It’s warm and cozy in bed when I detect a cat quietly sauntering in the room.
Up on the bed corner he jumps, and then sits, just staring at me I imagine.
Just a few minutes more I think, to stay in...
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Categories:
furrier, animal, family, good morning,
Form: Light Verse