Dog Nature Poems

The thin yellow
film of the year’s 
first tulip
melts to pulp
on your 
tongue. Spring-
pink, you
smile softly,
and the crickets,
in benediction,
start washing 
their little hands.
Your mother
always said
that Middle-C...

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Here come April showers.
Here come the last snow flurries.
The trees are jolly and rejuvenating,
Since the weather is now cool, spring
Is here. Yes, the lilies are...

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Early Morning
(In A Three Dog Town)
Miracle Man
4/18/2024

Natures silence,
that once owned the night.
Now begs I hear,
the cockcrow calls of birds.

Crows come first,
seeking some morsel of delight.
Gorging...

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Help me please!  I'm a kid, and I'm confused. 
Something's wrong with me - 
I like to run wild and free 'neath the sun,
And...

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a rattler flicking its 
split tongue...gathering
chemical messengers~ Prairie Dog
without a prayer

vulture, periscope downward
navigates a granulate sea, 
follows the wavering flow of tracks~
just over a grilling...

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dog poo in backyard 
winters worth of collections 
seasoned the grass well...

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I visit the bug zapper on Tuesday
much to the radiology teams delight

I named it thus before meeting it formally
my comedic self puts up this type...

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Country, Quality Time
Miracle Man
2/17/2024

The moonlight was shining on the pond’s still surface,
which at that moment only my eyes were seeing.
A rambunctious fish moving within the...

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Some say I’m a mean girl, but that’s not true
I put on a facade when my heart’s feeling blue
I enjoy camaraderie, conversation and silly fun...

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I was a planetary climatologist, who studied climate variability and change,
Like sweet variability of stunning, green tulips, in lavish garden rearranged.

Studying the said effects on...

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I was only four, 
when Blackie my dog died. 
My dad ran my best friend over, 
yes it was a horrible accident. 

 
I was...

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("And Dream Of Sheep", 2018, original encaustic)

La La Land

Somewhere out beyond these solid walls
A wilderness howls
While inside dogs lay sleeping
Contented on hearth and couch.

Here domestic...

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It would be amazing to live off grid
Just think no hustle and bustle
No alarm screaming at you
to wake naturally at dawn.

One would settle into new...

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The squirrel sensed danger
     quickly it ran up the tree
          helpless the...

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dogs are protective
     they love to take walks outside
          they like to...

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