Long Cocker spaniel Poems

Ballaraat’s known for its bounty of gold,
and the days of Eureka Stockade,
plus winning horses, on racing courses,
where flanks of the horses are flayed.

And the offer of prize is a bountiful one,
for a winner that’s greeting...

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Bird Brains

Mr Fox wore padded socks to creep up on some chickens
The chickens had CCTV and weren't such easy pickings
He snuck up to the coop and took a peek in through the hatch
The cockerel slammed...

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It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.
Jim Harrison (1937 - 2016) - The Road Home

 
First Bobo, a cocker spaniel, 
I remember only...

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The 28th of April; I'll always remember that day
It was very overcast and the sky was quite grey
That short journey to the vet I will never forget 
And when I think back to that day,...

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The Tramp Persona
Who was this boy, a pauper born?
Existing in despair and continual forlorn
Scandalized, accused of communist sympathies
Encompassing both adulation, and social controversies
Charlie Chaplin how can I take you seriously?
Chucklesome slapstick injecting tragedy
Awkward, little mime...

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I should be marveled for reaching another birthday
Sadly I do not feel this way
It feels like there's too much responsibility 
In this small facility
Too much for me to handle
Feel like a small dog, with big...

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My medicine is getting me down
I feel depressed
Why don’t you take two? Someone suggests
As if that ever works
Someone does not know; he does not even go to a doctor.

A golden retriever puppy, I say.
It is...

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I had read about reincarnation and past lives and there was a suggestion.
To ask a young child “who were you before you were GABBY.”

On Saturday September 15th 2012 I asked my grandson Jack Turner
“Who were...

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Saturday Night

Smoked cigarette butts in
The cup of runny-mud-thick cold minestrone soup
Half gone
My inebriated head melts
Into my numb hairless fingers, hang nails hung over from
A sober week at the office
Half a dream
A purple man steals my...

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Our dog, Lucky, died on a Thursday.
I decided I could be sad for years,
for months, for a week, or for hours.
So what would alleviate this utter despair  
and sadness?
A new dog, of course.
I searched...

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Sophie Helen our cocker spaniel pooch
Loves nothing better than a tiny little smooch
She can hear the ham container the second it pops
Jumping to the top of the couch; her wiggle never stops

We laugh that she...

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I remember the cabin by the lake in the wood
and Grandma giving us buckets, telling us we should
walk up the creek to get some water from the stream.
Remembering it now is almost like a dream.

No...

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Queenie a white dog with an oversized face
Loved to slurp our entire faces with her giant tongue
Adored riding her when we were young
Did not stay on long

Spot a cocker spaniel mix always chased cars
Loved to...

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It is Magic Wand Day!
Magic Wand Day!
Magic Wand Day!
 
Magic Wand Day only comes onto the planet Earth once every 175,143 years.
Which means we are lucky we got it in our life time.
The magic wands...

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Sparky Oh, Sparky!

My daughter me called on Thanksgiving Day,
As Sparky, their Cocker Spaniel was passing away. 
Sparky was riddled with cancer, no drugs could save him.
This had to be one of the saddest days of our...

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We have a doggie door, but it is not only used by dogs.
It has been used by cats, a bunny, snakes, and frogs.
We are not surprised to see a golden retriever even when we do...

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Lost in Youth

Rainbows in the clouds, walking on  railroad tracks , locomotives up close 
Kickball games , I am left footed, spooky reflections in a mirror, running naked 
Wooden desks and chairs, kids in...

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I am in stealth-mode today, sneaking from place to place, unwilling to be stopped or recognized.
My cocker spaniel has honored this in absolutely no way, not recognizing this new improved sneaky side of my me-ness.
I...

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Skating in the Clouds


She ice skates, now in the clouds.
Her figure eights wow, all the heavenly crowds.

She is amazed as the crowd continues to grow.
New, to heaven, God pleases them all  with additional, 
sparkling...

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"I saw some road kill on my way over," she said.
She had a horse laugh. "Just a dumb raccoon," she added.
I leapt over the sink and slapped her, hard. 
Leaving my entire hand print on...

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A cross between a Great Dane and a German shepherd of course.
Dumped on us a few months ago; Buddy is the size of a small horse.
He has big ears and exotically interesting markings of black...

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Because Buddy is an exceptionally large dog
Weighing ninety-two pounds, measuring five feet
Not counting his tail, even though he is only two and a baby
Some delivery people are fearful when they see him.
He is a gentle...

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it is one of those placid docile what-do-we-do April days.
I sit outside naked except for my light polyester mumu.
an airplane wakes the cloud with her powerful engine noises.
my wind chimes tingle a mirthful melody.

Sophie, my...

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Sophie Helen, my snuggle bunny,
Knows my whereabouts day and night.
She launches herself next to the small of my back
And we snore and dream together.
I dream I am flying 
She dreams she is flying with me

Sophie...

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Mushroom hippie girl of the Seventy Forest
How dare you infiltrate my dreams yet again
I guess I must paint you in the morning
Or rather draw you in the morning, and then paint you.

What pets do you...

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