Pets Muse Poems

"Heart"  

Deep fissures formed
in the cracks of 
the nowhere place
where time leeched
bleeding claret 
through the green 
veined blues

protean bit by bit
the flesh disappears
prematurely 6ft...

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THANK HEAVEN'S IT'S SUNDAY

Thank Heaven's It's Sunday; if not the Lord's day of rest, it is mine
Get up as I please, leave the dishes in...

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A Mischief of a Creature

There's a special bond,
Between a cat and a man.
They're a perfect union together,
With love at its center of hand.

He loves to...

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Coyness
Sheep for pets, I wimp amidst a modest plain of bushy regrets whose leaves of 
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"The Unlit Flame at Blue Feather’s Cross Roads"



Words these days are seldom Red
like drops of lifeless blood falling cold on a hot frying pan,
sentences are...

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Struck dumb by old dreams which have failed to spawn,
the tired, blank muse ends her walk ‘cross the lawn.
Dulled once more cause the light just...

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THE MEDITATOR

 Oh what joy it seems to me
Drinking an early morning tea.

While watching the sun rise across the Bay
Changing night into day.

My Maltese, lies...

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On Christmas Day
she’ll be waking up extra early
running down the stairs
to check under the tree

Hoping Santa left for her
that special gift of her desire --
she...

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Enchanted Forest

Dedicated To Ms. Jersey


Enchanted Forest telling a beautiful story to me, 
as I was walking Ms. Jersey there. 
My, what a grand gesture, 
they...

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I WISH I WEREN’T A FROG
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS



I wish I were a frog sunning myself on a lily pad
No cares or worries to drive me...

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It's nice just lazing out here in the sun.
I'm getting on in years, so they tell me.
Touching 50[6 really] and hoping for a few more.
My...

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Waiting once more for the wonders at dawn,
a tired, empty muse paces midnight's lawn
struck dumb by notions refusing to spawn.

With nothing to prompt, she sneaks...

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