Long Put to sleep Poems

Dog Daze
by Michael R. Burch

Sweet Oz is a soulful snuggler;
he really is one of the best.
Sometimes in bed
he snuggles my head,
though he mostly just plops on my chest.

I think Oz was made to love
from the...

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I want to tell you the story of my life.  I was born in a barn at dawn.  There
were eight of us but I was the only one with spots.  I was...

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The year dear Callie - my best cat ever - fell victim to cancer,
she had lived 18 wonderful years
as queen of our house, for sweetly did that calico rule our hearts.
I’d realized too late her...

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Dog Daze II: Poems about Dogs

Epitaph for a Lambkin
by Michael R. Burch

for Melody, the prettiest, sweetest and fluffiest dog ever

Now that Melody has been laid to rest
Angels will know what it means to be blessed.

Amen

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The...

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I had to say good bye to my beloved kitty, Sydney.  Syd-Syd as I called her, loved 
to be held.  Her favorite spot was on my shoulder, as if I were burping a...

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The surgeon generals 
are scalpel meeting once again
Fear doktors of war
are planning to raise another mar
on Earth’s topographical skin

Pigmented epidermal cells
are being prosperity lullabied put to sleep
under the celestial lights
Souls with eyes and minds closed...

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‘ The  Baby-Talk  Song … ’


It’s Been 30 Years Ago …
But the Memories are Starting To Flow
Going Thru These Newborn Clothes …
Oh … How Fast Children Grow

You Were A Beautiful – Baby Boy...

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Many times we have taken this trip,

you just loved riding in the car,

it was your joy every time,

never seen a dog so happy,

as you were.


You touched my heart

in so many way,

as few dogs

ever did.


You were...

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[Note: this poem was inspired by a strange and terrible experience I had at 17  when I first set foot on the battlefield in 1965 after an interview at the college there: physiologically, it...

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The narrowing of choice, opaque or black?
Unconfident die castes vote ballot blank,
How has our circus bread become this bland?
What a diverse homogeneous blend,
All stitched to sleeves but less with blood to bleed,
Philosophy’s deep silenced sonar...

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One day my daughter brought home a scraggly looking young cat who had always 
lived outside. In her first year, we learned she had given birth to two litters of kittens, most of which died....

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On Monday I was told
that your days were numbered,
your time on earth was short.

To watch you walk pains me,
as well as it does you,
I didn't want to believe
I was going to be losing you soon.

Murphy...

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Love those who love you
Appreciate those who appreciate you
A dog never bites its owner
If a dog does just that, it ought to be gently put to sleep
Gentlemen, love women who love you
Ladies, love men who...

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A dark heart took me to a dark place on a dark night 
Years spent breaking me down till who I was , was out of sight 
I can’t see all I hear is loud...

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"Some Different Kind of Lost Heaven"

Every once and a while
she would surface 
from that brackish 
dark place 

as a nightingale sings
in the deepest pockets
of a Woolf, the rocks
heavy notes, are removed 

and like Persephone
escape doesn’t...

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He was my buddy. He was my friend.
Never did I think that I'd see his end.

Last day I saw him I took it hard. 
This one's for him, my friend and
dog.

So young he was when...

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Thank you Lord

thank you Lord that you are the centre of our life
thank you that you are the centre of our heart
thank you that from your love we will never part
thank you for your miracles...

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Courtesy the miracle of modern medicine
above named prescription medication
expelled, dissolved, cured... out ma skin
involuntary telltale twitching, thrashing
flagging, sacking, tackling... -

scoring field goal and unexpected win
allowing, enabling, and providing therein
peaceful easy feeling twin
affecting yours truly and...

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Sometimes I believe the right way is death.
Take me out of this mess, or put a bullet through my chest.
Never the more, never the less.
What's the difference?
Send me off to a far distance so I...

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So here we are, so far from where we began
And this is where it all starts to go wrong
So now we part, like we had never met before
We walk away from it all, then close...

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I am being forced to live
With horrible malformations
On my body
In my body
I am stuck with them for years
For who knows how long

The people want me dead
Simply for existing
They claim it is in the name of...

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By: Sashi Prabhu (zeauoxian), Written on 18th November 2012.

Loud dins of nihility whirls and twirls around,
Reverberating sharply   in my churning mind,
Humming lowly & resonating strange they sound,
Filling my spaces with patterns and frequencies...

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Were at the Vets now,
today is a time I didn't
want to come.

Your in so much pain
and so depressed, it
hurts me to see you suffer.

I love you so Murphy,
I remember so many
things about you.

You really did...

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Like it or not, God rules us all!
       Never, not once taking a break!
       We, instead, choose to see lies and the world...

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I thought of you this morning your sweet little face
your warm dark eyes your little paws
how you slept by me in the night, your soft snore

Only 14 still young for a small dog my family...

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