Dog Light Verse Poems

cake 
caramel iced
donut filled 
with custard
    if I was a dog
cake
cream layered 
sugar topped
jam sponge
cake
    this is what I...

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May I please take a photo of your dog?
The man nodded
The wife said “that is up to him”
The dog gave him the eye
“perfect!” the photographer...

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When Old Mother Hubbard
Examined her cupboard
And found not a scrap there to munch on,
Not one morsel that clung
To an ort or a crumb,
She felt foolish...

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The rhyme "Hey diddle diddle"
For me poses a riddle:
What possible need
Has a cat for a fiddle?
A cow might jump over the moon,
So I'm told,
If a...

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He's an elder now so don't dare forget.
He has special needs and they need to be met..
Always been a hot boy so keep the thermostat...

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Did I tell you about my dog,
how exceptional he is 
at mimicking my behavior?

When there’s a knock at the door
he’s right behind me.
Or when I...

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The nightly news gets only worse,
I swear the world’s incurred a curse.
My dog lays on my lap untouched
by what I see and hear so much.
I...

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Author's note: This piece, dear reader, is my idea of a possible 3rd grade writing assignment around this time of year.

Dear Santa,
What I'd really like...

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He bellied up to the bar
All cuddly-wuddly thought the barkeep
He ignored the pup
The pup began to whine
I cannot serve you! The barkeep said
You are a...

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I used to have a dog
I called her Doggy McDog Face
One day she said
Why do you call me Doggy McDog Face?
I am a dog you...

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and so there, this world
with the trauma and troubles
while out I saw upon the path
blotches and spatters 
of lichen 
I know, right
it was like walking...

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Lady was my  shepherd dog,,
she was so kind and gentle
except to chickens down the lane
when she broke loose from her kennel.

Let's  turn attention...

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tiny creature Roger guarded
a white albino squirrel
she had been chased away from the tribe
we took her inside and fed her
she thrived under our tutelage
Rogers’s Squirrel...

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I'm starting to feel that some thing major may be amiss,
when I asked myself this am where is my water dish.
I truly love dogs but...

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Star of Sirus
                      ...

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