Long Doberman Poems

The Spaniel

A Spaniel that uses its head 
Can tell when its owner’s unfed 
So instead of a duck
That is down on its luck 
Will deliver a pizza instead
 
The Afghan Hound

The Afghan’s a dog groomer’s...

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Tasting Africa (One L****ick at a Time) Part 2
(Though the title's a joke, my limericks are not!)

5. Yet Another World Wonder
Feel like now I am older I need to admit
A Safari to Africa costs quite...

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Being Your Eyes for Swell 2007
Swell: Currumbin Sculpture Festival
 
For Fred
Picture us arm in arm, strolling,
the crunch of sand underfoot,
the scent of sea air, the touch of sea wind
on our skin, again on the beach...

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"Walk" - a simple word uttered.
The dogs jump at the door,
that old, creaky, wooden door,
at the mere mention of the word.
Open mouthed with tongues hanging out of the side,
panting and whining with glee,
they wait impatiently,...

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So we took Bonnie the Border Collie to the vet yesterday for a wellness check and to update his shots. While there we discussed Bonnies dominance issues over Crusher the female Doberman, especially when he...

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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 Setter

The reason we call them a...

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“Less than impressive,” my listener replied, when I asked his opinion one day.
“Nothing I’d bother to post on the web, or to publish,” he went on to say.

But what I’d just read was a poem...

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Rome was always a playground for me,
Where lovely girls thronged around the streets:
The Fontana dei Trevi where people threw coins
Hoping they would revisit enchanting Rome,
Or on the Spanish stairs amid the delicate flowers
Exuding fragrant perfumes...

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'Whiskers'! That's who we called him and he passed through once a year
with his swag and billy; this time with a 'heeler' dog close near.
Our 'oldies' always said when 'Whiskers' camped beside the creek,
to keep...

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The teacher got up on the stage and welcomed one and all
We're putting on a dog show and we'll hold it in the hall
We're laying on some fizzy drinks and lots of lovely eats
And the...

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Grandpa Got Run Over By A Beer Truck (Fractured Christmas Song)


Grandpa got run over by a beer truck 
Walking from the tavern Christmas night, 
He landed face first into the snow bank 
Let me tell...

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A cute gentile pig in New York
plays hopscotch over turtle hurdles
which eased her bunny
until a smack talking turkey announced,
'Did you hear how the skunks in bombay
lost a spelling bee - to an
artistic aardvark named clark?'

Around...

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Charley was being obnoxious so I took away his hedgehog,
it’s such a small toy anyways for a big Doberman dog.
A spoiled rotten boy who whined for an hour or so
hoping to get his way and...

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There were  fireflies in the garden
As I thought to myself  that day 
About the secrets families hold 
Are secrets never should  be told
As I was  young and not too old
I watched...

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A fire started on the two-story house occupied by five people
As smoke poured from an upstairs bedroom of the couple
Emergency officials responded in time, all the members safe
The last to come out was a pregnant...

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I wore my Sunday best,
Not that the restaurant was a luxury one.
The head waiter came up 
Smiling, trying to put me at ease.
I must have looked jittery.

I was led to a table and got my...

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12/2/2020


Seeds starting to germinate
The scent always permeates
The effect begins to percolate
Having an impact on the murder rate
As life begins or terminates

Thought I heard a hiss
But was too caught up in bliss
After a poisonous kiss
Everything going...

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A Rottweiler  Shepard mix
longsuffering had proven to be
With the Doberman pup, a red one,
won on a gambling spree

Rocky the mix and BoBo
 coexisted for a time
As any two male dogs can manage
till BoBo reached...

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The puppies in Petunia Patch are pinching pumpkins today!
We wild ones ran down the road, yelling Hip! Hip! Hip! Hooray!
October sun was streaming down making the afternoon quite gay.
We laughed and jumped and whirled and...

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The Whining Doberman


Hey, what you doing looking just at me!
     You see I'm begging you to play?
Look here, my toys are waiting just for us...
     please throw...

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"What we've got here is a very serious language barrier, not mine!
Let me introduce myself, I'm Tricky, a Doberman Pinscher and a thoroughbred.
My Dad Mick, clever, thinks he can talk to his pets, whatever!
He has...

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Hey buddy, this pooch has got a bone to pick with you -
You’re in the doghouse and we need to talk this through.
So prick up your ears and hear me through to the end -
This...

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I am king Doberman of my home
I stand guard when I am all alone
I love my master, he’s the man
But I am top dog, king of my land
He feeds me kibble and takes me out
He...

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Your son was injured and I'm as sorry as I can be.
But you had no right to kill a dog who wasn't guilty.
Your son was attacked and nearly killed by another Doberman.
You thought that it...

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Cora was my favourite pet
a black labrador/Doberman dog
we loved to walk in the fields
in all weathers except when fog

We lived out in the countryside
enjoying the nature all around
Cora was my constant companion
travel miles aplenty together...

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