Dog New Year Poems

(Luna's last winter, 2020)

Like An Old Dog

'Tis the season to be jolly and merry 
And all that,
And I’m sure there are many 
Right now satiated
And...

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A list to do, it's such a bore.
Why can I just ignore?

I'm getting old, oh, so old,
and wasn't effectively controlled.

We just had Christmas, 
so out...

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As the present year slides slowly into slumber
I shall strive, next year, to things somewhat less dumber
Than wearing my galoshes in the summer

I shall, in...

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2022 was not filled with love,                   ...

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In 2022 I resolve to be less accommodating.
Not the first one to yell “I will do it”,
often putting everyone else’s needs before my own.
I resolve...

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Things to do in 2022
Breathe in – breathe out
Listen more – talk less
Pay attention
To the needs of the undemanding
Look people in the eyes
(it’s all you...

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It’s the day before New Year’s Eve
And the minute and hour hands 
Clutch and hold on tight,
As the cuckoo clock pings six times.

Airborne towards emptiness,
Fireworks...

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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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I love to find a bargain
As I search the New Year sales
I really could not live without
That pair of giant bright pink snails
I don’t know...

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morning of new day of the Year-2020
I don't find the bed-sheet of fogs around me
this morning is not new to me
this fairness of dawn is...

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Quiet New Year's Eve 
sudden bursts of fireworks 
startle sleeping dogs...

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The Fashion Zebra

I am a flake. 
That is the term for people that do not follow through. 
It may not be fair. I have spent...

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The New Preacher, 
“Hear My Words”

Are you listening. 
I am saying things very clearly. 
You need to keep trying. 
Are you talking to me?
Am I...

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The Garden at Grandma’s

The house is quiet, the chores are all done. 
We have gathered in the place out back. 
There is pit for a...

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Mirror Mirror

Do not lie. I know that you want to. 
I know that you may need to.  
I am broken, and soon…
You will be...

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