Dog Memorial Poems

he had a life
within the life of ours
an imprint on eternity
his cuddles come
from angels now
or he’ll bark at them
relentlessly


for Barley, 7th November 2013 - 13th...

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A Kentucky woman born and raised,
Country through and through.
And though you left your roots behind,
Kentucky never let go of you.

A red-haired spit-fire in your younger...

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silently wailing analogy to Moby Dick 
regarding how yesterdays 
prurient laced introductions 
to rhyme in retrospect embarrassingly blows.

Herewith to enliven anecdote ever further,
I inject humorous...

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Here & there, everywhere 
lie pieces & parts of me
I exist only in the moments between what is and will be…

Taking a ride to the...

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Poem revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 at 1500 hours

Flagrante delict adulterous sordid behavior 
automatically linkedin with Lothario;
an unscrupulous seducer of women, 
based upon a...

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Because of you
we can get up every morning
and go to work
run errands at lunch time
drive through McDonald’s
fill up our gas tanks
and make it back to...

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NEW YORK YANKEES,

BASEBALLS MOST LOVED TEAM.

 I'M JUST JOKING,

THAT'S ONLY IN YOUR DREAMS.


THE YANKEES BOUGHT 

GEORGE HERMAN RUTH.

SO HE WOULDN'T,

BEAT THEM FROM THE MOUND.

THEN THEY...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Stephen Hercules Shaw 
Much loved, much missed 
Born the same year as you. 
I rest on the bench 
your mother bought, 
your brother bought, 
your...

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Earth day 2020 – Wednesday, April 22

Bajillion banshees scream bloody murder methought
upon Biblical (lionized) forebears stalking heads
birthed courtesy accursed beasts hood besought
winds howl across the...

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To my beloved dog, Rocky:

What I only wished for most was 
another chance to see your glance
another chance to see your dance
as I walked in...

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Once my neighbor asked of me
would I, for a modest fee,
tend his dog?  “It won’t be hard;
he will stay in our backyard.
We’ll be gone...

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At times when we are weary, our mind is in a fog.
And we need a little kindness, we look around for our dog.

We can depend...

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O furry one,
our faithful friend-
we thought you'd be here
to the end
or at the least,
a few years more
so many places
unexplored

So many squirrels
left unchased
you left a painful
empty...

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A strong, handsome spirit my guardian friend
                  ...

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