Greyhounds Poems - Poems about Greyhounds

As False as Smiles

...Manners are the party fancy —
Petit goldleaf on the melting pudding,
A sticking cream now on your fingers, 
Immovable for hours. 
Manners like a lady,
Her morning bonnet pinned,
Perching, tilti...

The Scorpion's Touch

...
“The Scorpion’s Touch”

Under glass
the sound cuts out sharp
just like under water
and we run out of breath 
like insects running around 
frantically out of time
we are ...

Stop, Stop The Division

...Army versus Navy
Navy versus Army
Army versus Army
Navy versus Navy
Stop, stop the division
Stop the separation
Stop the genocide
The bombs, the pesticide
And the bullets are killing
Women, ...

The Square Root of Beirut

...The Square Root of Beiruit 
 
Ten men bending while theyre pretending to be near the ending
A capitalist nightmare glares like rotten fruit
The squate root of Beiruit
No it isn’t fair, so they’l...

Shaggy Dog Limericks Iii

...The Doberman Pinscher

A Doberman’s known to be picky
With friends so to greet one is tricky
To kiss is a bummer
Undoubtedly dumber
Is to sneak up and give one a hickey

The English...

The Homecoming

...It was in late October in the year nineteen seventy three
That the war in South Vietnam was finally over for me
I boarded the seven o seven and couldn't wait to get going
A non military plane,...

Ode To Wayne Gretzy

...Ode To Wayne Gretzky

We all carry the same genes
and look how different we turn out;
I honed my skills to playing hockey
and look how far I’ve come.
                ***

Note

Racing No More

...He stands tall, muscular and magnificent. He raced the first years of his life. Not knowing how to be a pet, just a commodity. He endured grueling training, humid hot Florida weather, injuries to his...

Who

...
“WHO”



Human to Human
the faceless 
without names
buried under 
mountains of pages
escaping the blame

Human to Human
the faceless 
witho...

Electric Rabbit God

...Scientific minds are forever racing God 
like greyhounds pursuing electric rabbits
tongues hanging from frothing mouths
explaining miracles away with equations-

They'll never catch infinity or ...

Adopting Retired Racers

...I
Love
All dogs
But partial                                        
To retired greyhounds
Often mistreated when racing
Many are never able to get saved or rescued
Please consider adopting one ...

Gone To the Dogs

...DOGGIE ART
Poodle
Doodle

          HAPPY LASSIES
          Jolly
          Collies

                     FAMOUS CANINES
                     Renowned
                     Greyhounds

YOR...

Jessica Casey - Part 2 - Seven Years Later

...Jessica Casey the punters dream- Sequel to Shy Julie 

They came from near - they came from far
Bus ferry and train and some by car
THE GOLDEN EGG GRAND FINAL
One greyhound in min...

The City Is a Strange Place

...The city is a strange place.
People shifting, walking lines and punching time cards.
Strangers looking, their eyes and mind in their own little worlds.
A woman on her cell phone.
A man in his car...

Irish

...Irish

'When Irish eyes are smiling',
sang the midwife, gleefully,
as she handed me a bundle,
and revealed that it was 'She'.

A baby, with the darkest hair,
blue eyes, that shone like...

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