Long Shih 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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Go ahead, you freaking coward, I thought. You drove all this way, with your new 6" GPS. Now you’re a bowl of jello who can't ring a bell? I took a deep breath and pushed...

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The Rottweiler

I wouldn’t provoke a Rottweiler
Not unless I were prepped like a miler
Seems a little inbreeding
Done without heeding
Has turned Benji into a Sieg Heiler

The Saint Bernard

Though not in his nature to beg
He would flip for...

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The Shijing or Shi Jing or Shih-Ching (“Book of Songs” or “Book of Odes”) is the oldest Chinese poetry collection, with the poems included believed to date from around 1200 BC to 600 BC. According...

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What is the Picture ???,

the tapestry that man has weaved,
before and throughout recorded history.
Of what ?, have we been lead to believe ?
For me, it is, it has been an insane mystery !!!,

as rivers of...

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My Pet Poems, Max

I hopped onto Craig’s List, made a phone call.  

Next day, with a royal blue, nylon carrier, which had a small, zippered door, sitting on the back seat ready, we drove...

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"Shih" translates into Good
as "Fei" becomes Bad.

And so moral textured oppositions
continue:
Right and Wrong
Healthy and Pathological
True and False
Win and Lose
Healing peace and Punishing revenge

Yang and Yin
distinguish rational appositions,
not sufficient as Either/Or left-brain calculations
and necessary Both/And right-brain
correlative...

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[Sometimes when I’m struggling to write
I scrawl gibberish in the hope that inspiration
will lie within. Sometimes, just sometimes…
I like the result. This is one such]


There’s an ostrich in my porridge
There’s a shrew in my canoe
There’s...

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A nd so began the Great Repair as the Corners came together there, Four a meeting of Winds,
N ine to find is the task at hand. Owl flew to be as One with Great Mind...

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May I be so bold as to allow me to pet your li'l wee sniggler

Forgive me for being so forward

But I couldn't help noticing you have tied a big red bow on it

Is there some...

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We once owned a little mutt named Genie 
on occasion we called her Genie Panini 
we tried not to feed her table scraps n' stuff 
but then again,  I had her heart on my...

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Time.
It’s a funny concept to ponder.
So much has happened
And so much has yet to happen,
Yet, the only thing that exists
Is now.
The only thing that is certain
Is now.
Who knows what life will be like
20 years from...

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Genie, my dog: 

She was mixed part Pomeranian part Shih Tzu 
a female genius with excellent sight  
wise beyond her years she always knew how to 
appease me, when I was not feeling right...

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i chase the sun, on bare feet.
one thought i have, the sun stays.
no cloud to hide, my dim route,
for death, it hides, feel it's gaze!

one day I walk, smooth ground run.
mind rocks and sand, the...

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Fragile Shih tzu pup.
Such large black eyes and thick coat of hair.
Playful in your special pen.

Little boys, oh you little boys, walking by.
Waving your sticks.
Jabbing playfully, laughing.

I stand at my window 
and know that I...

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a buck in rut - seeks a doe
when the green leaves - long since browned
trimmed in red and gold - fall from trees
to pile up high - on the ground

as ripe crops wait - to...

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A woodpecker, flew straight at him,
Its sharp beak, stuck in his head
Then it flew back up to its nest
As for him, "He'll live!", the doc said!

But his life sure was not easy
To see a bird,...

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I claimed ---and passionately---
that I'd never have a small dog, 
much less one with "poo" in its name.
Not for me yappy Yorkies, shivering Chihuahuas,
shaky Shih Tzus, or terrible terriers.
Give me a wolfhound, a Dane, a...

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